Chapter 98
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The Ye family, after the Ye Minghui brothers left, the Ye family was temporarily silent.
Mrs. Ye is not in good health. Now she can't even get out of bed. No one dares to tell her about it. Zhuo and Guan still have to smile and take care of Mrs. Ye. Mrs. ye can't find the clue - it's easy that Mrs. Ye's condition has improved, but she can't fail at this time.
As for Jiang Li's brother-in-law of Tong Zhiyang, the official order of Zhong in Yanjing City, except that it is surprising that Jiang Li has a very clear memory of what officials these people do, it has not received the attention of the Ye family.
Jiang Li doesn't think so in her heart. The Li family and Tong Zhiyang only need a Zhong official order to get involved. With such a close relationship, it's hard not to let her think more.
Just talking about it to the Ye family, I'm afraid the Ye family won't believe it.
After returning to her yard, Jiang Li sat in the room thinking hard.
Tong'er and Bai Xue dare not disturb her and quietly retreat outside. Because of Ye Minghui and ye Mingxuan, the servants of the Ye family also seemed much more silent, and the whole mansion was a lot stuffy for a moment. It seems that there is an invisible haze hanging over everyone's heart, which makes people unhappy.
As the saying goes, Adversity shows true love. Although everyone doesn't want to see the Ye family in an accident, it's an opportunity for Jiang Li. It's not impossible to melt a piece of solid ice without doing anything, but it takes too long. What she needs most is time. If something happens to the Ye family this time, she can help them get rid of the crisis. I'm afraid that most of the previous estrangement will disappear after this matter.
At that time, it was easy to "mend the old friendship" with the Ye family.
However, the first thing to be clear at present is what happened to Ye Jia's antique satin. Jiang Li faintly smells the smell of conspiracy. So far, she just suspects that this matter is related to the right Xiang Li family, but there is no evidence.
We can only wait until brother Ye Minghui returns to the house twice to discuss.
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Ye Minghui and ye Mingxuan did not return to their house that night.
Not only that, they also disappeared in the next few days. At first, Guan and Zhuo were still waiting nervously in the mansion. Three or five days later, they didn't even hear from each other. They couldn't help but go to the Yamen to see magistrate Tong in person, trying to find out what happened.
But the magistrate Tong didn't see Guan, so he only let the martial masters around him come out to fight with Guan. What he said was that ye Da Ye and Ye Er ye were guests in the yamen, but the things were not finished yet. When they were finished, they would naturally go home.
Rao Shi Guan's daily work is exquisite. Facing this slippery autumn Tong Zhiyang is helpless. He turns back and complains with Zhuo, "I can't even see Tong Zhiyang's face! Let alone ask the master and second brother, I think Tong Zhiyang is obviously intentional. He knew I would find the door, so he avoided it!"
Zhuo was a little timid and said anxiously, "what on earth does he want to do, detain men in yamen, and I don't know how they are doing? Won't he torture them privately? I heard that some officials left people in prison just for torture."
Ye Mingyu heard this and immediately shouted angrily, "torture? They ate bear heart and leopard courage! Sister in law, you wait, don't you see Tong Zhiyang? I'll break in! Put a knife on his neck and see if he can see!"
Guan and Zhuo couldn't stop, but ye Mingyu couldn't stop them. He directly picked a horse out of the door and left. It seemed that he wanted to settle accounts with Tong Zhiyang.
Ye Mingyu is very bandit in the Jianghu. He doesn't know that everything in the world can't be solved with fists. Jiang Li, who got the news and rushed to the front hall, saw that Guan and Zhuo were telling people to chase Ye Mingyu, and he didn't know whether he could catch up.
Ye Jia'er and ye Rufeng also rushed over and learned the whole story. Without saying a word, ye Rufeng said, "I'll find the third uncle!"
"Like the wind!" Zhuo grabbed him. "Don't bother at this time! There is no man in the house at present, and the rest are weak women. This is really... Really, ah!"
Ye Jiaer was also very embarrassed. Seeing Jiang Li standing aside, she came over and whispered, "cousin also thinks it's incredible."
"Indeed." Jiang Li nodded, "before I came to the Ye family, I didn't know that the Ye family would have these troubles. I thought that the Ye family lived well in Xiangyang."
"The Ye family did live well in Xiangyang, but it was a few months ago." Ye Jia'er smiled bitterly, "but now, people say that prosperity will decline. Is it time for our Ye family to decline?"
Ye Jiaer's tone couldn't hide her loss. Although she was always generous and decent, she was young at all. When she met this matter at first sight, especially when her uncle and father were arrested, now I don't know what the situation is, and how much will be affected. Jiang Li saw the black under her eyes. These days, she should have never had a good night's sleep.
"Man will conquer nature. There is no time when he should not. Besides, the Ye family did not do evil, and God will treat the Ye family well." Jiang Li comforted her. As soon as the comforting words came out, she also wanted to laugh. God won't treat her well just because she is good. In her previous life, the Xue family was full of people, who were not upright and aboveboard, but ended up in a lonely end. God has never been able to rely on her, and she has to rely on herself.
She calmed down and said to ye Jia'er, "cousin, don't say discouraged words. In my opinion, uncle and uncle are in yamen, so nothing will happen. If it's really bad for them, it can be explained long ago that hiding in this way is like doing a deal. I guess Tong Zhiyang has been unwilling to let his aunts see them, just for the sake of waiting for a price."
"For sale?" Ye Jiaer was puzzled.
"There are such things in business. Many businesses are not achieved overnight. There is a process of pulling, clinging to each other, making little concessions to each other, and reaching a price acceptable to both sides. At this time, it depends on who has the heavier chips. People with the heavier chips are confident, fearless, patient and affordable. Once the other party is flustered and unable to breathe, subconsciously will give in first and make more."
Ye Jia'er suddenly said, "you mean, now the magistrate Tong and our Ye family are like doing a business. The magistrate Tong doesn't let our family see our father and uncle. If our family can't hold their breath in their hearts, they will take the initiative to give in. At this time, we can accept whatever conditions the magistrate Tong offers."
"That's the reason." Jiang Li laughed and said that ye Jiaer was very clever.
"But what business does magistrate Tong want to do with us?" Ye Jiaer was still puzzled, "what does he want to do with our family?" Unconsciously, ye Jia'er had habitually discussed with Jiang Li when she encountered problems. After all, Guan and Zhuo didn't care about business. Ye Rufeng was more immature. Looking around, there was only Jiang Li who could talk in the room.
"It depends on the conditions for Tong Zhiyang to open." Jiang Li said, "don't worry. If Tong Zhiyang really wants to trade, he will always offer his own conditions before long. Just wait."
Seeing Jiang Li's confident appearance, ye Jia'er seemed to have found the backbone, and she slowly calmed down involuntarily. She calmed down slightly and joked, "but how can my cousin call the name of magistrate Tong directly? If someone hears this..."
"He is just a magistrate," Jiang Li eyebrowed with a curved smile, with a little naive nonsense, "my father is the first auxiliary. Even if I stand in front of him and call his name directly, no matter how dissatisfied he is, he will only be a man with his tail between his legs."
Ye Jiaer was stunned, and ye Rufeng also looked at Jiang Li.
Although I had known this cousin's "great achievements" in the past, Jiang Li who came to the Ye family was always gentle and considerate, which made people feel that she had nothing to do with the malicious legitimate woman in the rumors. Over time, people would think that Jiang Li had a good temper and a very soft temper, but at this moment, when she talked about Tong Zhiyang's contempt, she was really seen in the eyes of Ye Jiaer and ye Rufeng.
Jiang Li really doesn't look up to Tong Zhiyang.
Jiang Li really doesn't like Tong Zhiyang, but it's not because Tong Zhiyang is just a magistrate. This Tong Zhiyang relied on his brother-in-law to achieve the position of magistrate, but also stained with the light of his wife. On the surface, he was very afraid of the inside, but he raised an outside room and gave birth to a child.
At the end of the year, the county magistrate is going to check with the magistrate, and Xue Huaiyuan has nothing to do. Unlike other county mayors who send money to Tong Zhiyang, Tong Zhiyang deliberately finds fault with Xue Huaiyuan. Xue Zhao couldn't see it. He wanted to catch Tong Zhiyang's pigtail. He didn't want to know the secret, so he threatened Tong Zhiyang with the secret and wouldn't let Tong Zhiyang find Xue Huaiyuan any more trouble.
Xue Huaiyuan didn't know about Xue Zhao, but he wondered why Tong Zhiyang didn't bother him in the next few years. In fact, if Xue Zhao hadn't discovered Tong Zhiyang's secret by mistake at that time, it's hard to say that Xue Huaiyuan, the county magistrate, could have done it for several years. With Tong Zhiyang's narrow-minded, he would certainly find an excuse to make Xue Huaiyuan lose his official hat.
Jiang Li sniffed at people like Tong Zhiyang. Unexpectedly, it was Tong Zhiyang who ran into the Ye family. Naturally, she didn't have a good face.
Guan Shi said to Zhuo Shi, "how can I catch up with the third person who hasn't come back? Haven't you stopped it?"
"Very likely." Zhuo Shi was a little nervous, "the third brother's martial arts are good, and the guards in our house can't compare with him. At that time, he was thinking of settling accounts with magistrate Tong, and must have left in a hurry... Don't cause any trouble. At present, there can't be any problems at this juncture."
"No, I have to go to Yamen." Guan hurried up. "How can the guards in the mansion persuade the third man? The third man's temper... I'll go and have a look."
"I'll go with you." Zhuo's way.
Two people will get up, but see the door, Ah Fu hurriedly ran in, these days he and Ah Shun are in Lizheng hall to help, the house is not needed.
"Ah Fu, what's the matter with you?" Zhuo was shocked.
Jiang Li looked, and saw that most of Ah Fu's clothes were torn, piled up in rags. She didn't know whether she had been punched or slapped on her face. She was green and red, and there seemed to be blood on the corners of her mouth. The hair is even messy. It looks like I had a fight with someone somewhere.
"First lady, second lady, it's bad." Ah Fu gasped for breath. When he said this, he stopped for a moment, as if he was also struggling to speak. After a long time, he continued: "lizhengtang and lizhengtang were smashed. The guards couldn't stop them. The shopkeeper was surrounded by people, and Ah Shun was still there. Those people came in and smashed things. They couldn't stop smashing anything, and even the sign of lizhengtang was smashed. Madam, you'd better go and have a look!"
He finished in one breath.
"Lizheng hall was smashed?" Zhuo almost fainted.
"No." Ah Fu pulled his clothes. "If the villain wasn't small and fast, he couldn't go back to the house to report. Those people were red eyed, and none of the people in Lizheng hall were allowed to go out."
"Ah Fu," Jiang Li asked, "who are the people who came to smash the store?"
Lizhengtang is the property of Ye family. No one in Xiangyang City doesn't know ye family. It's brave to smash the store in Li Zhengtang.
At this moment, Ah Fu didn't care whether it was Miss Biao who needed to be on guard, and immediately replied, "it's just ordinary people."
"Where are the villains from? They dare to be wild in Lizheng hall. They are impatient!" Ye Rufeng was furious, "why don't you report to the official?"
"All the officers have caught our master in, young master, what kind of clearance can we report?" Ah Fu answered with a sad face.
Jiang Li asked, "why did they smash the store for no reason? Did lizhengtang provoke them? Why did they come to trouble?"
"I heard it was because of antique satin." Ah Fu's face was also a little dignified. "The people who came said that they had a rash in our clothes made of antique satin. Now Xiangyang's ready-made clothes shops don't accept antique satin. But the antique satin sold is still hurting people. A few days ago, someone wore antique satin and disappeared."
Dead?
Ye Jiaer Wu covered her mouth. As the daughter of the merchant, she knew clearly that once the rumors of "antique satin will kill people" spread, the Ye family would really have no chance to turn over.
Now, the rumor has spread.
Zhuo and Guan almost collapsed.
Ye Rufeng clenched his fist tightly.
Fu looked at the people in this room, and somehow, he was a little desolate. At present, ye uncle and ye Erye are both invited to the Yamen. Ye Sanye goes to find someone. I don't know how it is now. Old lady Ye is ill in bed, leaving a room of people. Ye Rufeng is still young, and the others are weak women. But the crisis of the Ye family is threatening, but what can we do?
"I'll go to Lizheng hall." Leaves are like air ducts.
"Rufeng, what can you do now?" Zhuo stopped.
"Mom, what can I do if I don't go? Lizhengtang is the foundation of our ancestors, which can't be destroyed by us. Now I'm the only man in the house, and I want to go." He said, "I have to go."
Zhuo Zheng Zheng released his hand.
Jiang Li appreciated it a little. Although ye Rufeng did not look very mature, it was a rare quality that he could recognize his responsibility. It's very similar to Xue Zhao that he never flinches when it's critical.
Her eyes suddenly softened.
"I'll go with you." Jiang Li said, "don't be afraid, I'll find a way."
"You..." ye Rufeng was about to speak, and ye Jia'er had taken Jiang Li's hand: "I'll go too."
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Lizheng hall is in chaos outside at the moment.
The street was crowded, and the shopkeepers of other surrounding shops leaned against the door to watch the play. In the past, Lizheng hall occupied the best land in Xiangyang, and its business was extremely good, which inevitably made people jealous. If peers are light, they are not peers, and they are more jealous. At present, seeing Li Zhengtang's misfortune, he felt sympathy on the surface, but he was very happy in his heart.
It's always shameful.
A Shun stopped at the door. Although he was not tall, he had traveled far and wide with Ye Mingyu over the years, and he was more or less good at martial arts, which also gave rise to the banditry of some Jianghu people. The door of Lizheng hall was not broken at this time, because his commander's guard stopped it. Even so, the cabinets next to the door were completely smashed, and the ground was strewn with torn cloth. The crowd was excited, and new people kept coming. Holding a stick in his hand.
Two fists are hard to defeat four hands. If it goes on like this, he will soon be unable to stop it
Ah Shun kept complaining in his heart. If ye Mingyu was better here, he would probably be able to frighten people. But ye Mingyu was born and disappeared at this moment. Even if he tried his best again, he could not stop the continuous influx of people.
In the crowd, there were servants sent by large families and ordinary people who didn't seem to be rich, all of whom were shouting angrily.
"The Ye family murdered people for money. Antique satin is dead!"
"Profiteer Ye family! Ask Ye family to be in charge!"
"Ye family can't die easily!"
It is the first time that the Ye family has suffered such a bad reputation in Xiangyang because they are good at giving and never cheat their guests. A Shun was dizzy when he heard it. Someone lifted his sleeve and let people around him see the thin red rash on his arm, which caused everyone around to scream, so the action of smashing the store became more and more wild.
Ye Jiaer and his party just arrived at Lizheng hall and saw this scene.
Guan and Zhuo did not come. Guan went to the Yamen to find Ye Mingyu. Zhuo stayed in the mansion and waited for news. Before Jiang Li left, he called out all the accompanying bodyguards brought from the Jiang family.
Fortunately, Jiang Li called the bodyguard. As soon as the party came to Lizheng hall, someone saw them and immediately said, "Miss ye and young ye are here!"
"Hula" all of a sudden, the crowd ran to this end, threatening, Ah Shun saw that it was bad in his heart, but he saw the bodyguard behind Jiang Li "Shua" flash out his knife.
The bodyguard of the Shoufu family looks more serious than the bodyguard of the Ye family. It's OK to bluff people casually, at least it doesn't look worse than the Yamen official who arrested people in the Ye family. People are bullied and afraid of hard. Seeing so many vicious guards, they subconsciously stopped.
Timid in heart, dare not come forward.
Shopkeeper a Shunhe breathed a sigh of relief. If the young master and the young lady and the young lady from the capital had an accident here today, they would be responsible for being servants.
The bodyguards escorted Jiang Li and several people to the Li main hall. The people who made trouble still wanted to follow, and they were afraid of the long knives in the bodyguards' hands, so they had to follow suit.
When she retreated to the door of Lizheng hall, Jiang Li looked into the door and found that it was in a mess. Shopkeeper Qian was holding a handkerchief over his forehead, bleeding blood. He was probably thrown by something. It seems that these troublemakers suddenly came to pay, and the people who hit Lizheng hall were caught off guard.
"Everyone..." ye Rufeng summoned his courage: "don't get excited and calm down. I'm the young master of the Ye family. If you have anything to talk about, the Ye family won't shirk their responsibilities..."
Before saying this, an egg "snapped" on ye Rufeng's head and was blocked by Jiang Li's bodyguard, otherwise ye Rufeng would be smashed to the full.
"What can't escape responsibility? Your antique satin wears dead people. You killed people and want to earn money from Xiangyang people. What you earn is black money and what you take is life debt!"
Ye Rufeng's face turned red all of a sudden. When talking about the Ye family in the past, everyone in Xiangyang praised him. Naturally, he was also highly respected as a young owner. But now it seems to have become a street mouse called by everyone, and the contempt in the eyes of the people is real. They crusaded against him.
Young boys have never experienced this kind of thing. They are confused, confused, and even a kind of disheartened. No one wants to believe him. His human feelings are cold and indifferent, but it's too cold.
Ye Jia'er is older than ye Rufeng. Although she loves her brother dearly, she doesn't care to comfort ye Rufeng at the moment. She stood up and said, "everyone, I don't know where the saying of antique satin wearing dead people came from. We haven't found out this matter yet. The Ye family has been doing business in Xiangyang City for so many years, and the goodwill is obvious to all. We won't deceive you."
But this was immediately drowned by the noise. Jiang Li even saw someone bend down to pick up stones and try to hit ye Jia'er.
Jiang Li grabbed ye Jia'er and let her hide behind the bodyguard.
"Who said antique satin would wear dead?" The slightly cold crisp female voice, not high, seemed to be very penetrating and clearly spread to everyone's ears.
Everyone looked forward.
Then I saw the cardamom girl standing in front of the bodyguard, her dress was deep and shallow blue, especially clean, her eyes and eyebrows were beautiful, gentle, clear and lovely.
Perhaps there will be a slight difference in the change of identity between the "first daughter" and the "Miss merchant". Those people dared to throw stones at ye Jia'er, but in the face of this gentle looking girl, they did not dare to say evil words, as if they were afraid.
Maybe there is an unscrupulous "Qi" on Jiang Li.
"Who are you? There is something wrong with antique satin. Everyone knows it? Look at us!" The man may want to be ashamed of a little girl like Jiang Li. He rolled up his sleeves and showed Jiang Li a thin red rash.
Maybe she thought Jiang Li would be confused and block her eyes, but Jiang Li just glanced at his bare arm with a flat expression, like looking at a tea cup, a bowl, an oil lamp, without any fluctuations.
"Oh." She said faintly, and then pulled out a short dagger from her sleeve.
The crowd around was startled, and involuntarily stepped back. The little girl took a knife when she didn't agree, didn't she want to kill? Although they kept saying that the Ye family killed people, they also knew in their hearts that the Ye family would not kill people in broad daylight.
"Cousin -" Ye Jiaer was eager to dissuade.
But Jiang Li put the dagger under her hand, "brush and pull", and cut off a piece of cloth on the sleeve cleanly.
She casually threw the cloth to the man who rolled up his sleeves, and the man subconsciously caught it.
"You may as well have a look. I'm also wearing antique satin. But I don't have such a rash. If you don't believe me, which sister-in-law can come in with me to verify." Jiang Li Dao.
Ye Jiaer and ye Rufeng were stunned. They didn't know that Jiang Li was wearing antique satin. Today I left in such a hurry, who will pay attention to what Jiang Li is wearing. However, when Jiang Li came to Xiangyang, something happened to antique satins. Even Li Zhengtang no longer sold antique satins, and Jiang Li failed to get one and a half, which must have been bought in the capital.
Jiang Li saw that the people's expression eased a little, and her heart relaxed slightly.
This dress was found during the ceremony she brought to Xiangyang. Yesterday, tong'er found her clothes. When she saw it, she happened to say to Jiang Li. Jiang Li had a heart movement and didn't expect to use it so soon.
Antique satin is valuable. At least the people who can afford it are not poor people, but it is not a small amount. Most of them buy gifts. If there is something wrong with the gifts and they spend such a large sum of money, these people will not give up.
Nothing is more persuasive than wearing it in person. Jiang Li once heard Xue Huaiyuan say: if you don't cut yourself with a knife, you will never know the pain. It's not easy for people to think with empathy, but if you want people to believe that you know their taste well, many things can be solved.
No one came to check Jiang Li's arm, perhaps because Jiang Li's expression was so magnanimous that people had to believe that the arm under the sleeve was as white as her face.
There were also people who didn't believe what Jiang Li said. They picked up the cut half of the sleeve and looked carefully. Finally, they had to nod: "it's really antique satin."
Jiang Li smiled, "you see, if there's a problem with antique satin, I won't wear it myself and kill myself, will I?"
"What's impossible?" Someone in the crowd muttered, "in case you are the nurseries found by the Ye family and play for the Ye family for money, what will your life count?"
Before Jiang Li could speak, tong'er beside him was furious: "nonsense! Our Miss's life is much more valuable than silver!" However, her mouth was tight, but she did not say the identity of Jiang Li.
Xiangyang people have never seen Jiang Li and don't know who Jiang Li is. Hearing that ye Jia'er called Jiang Li's cousin, she thought Jiang Li was a distant relative of the Ye family and came to the Ye family.
Jiang Li said, "I really don't need to be the nurseries of the Ye family. My life is probably more valuable than this Lizheng hall."
"Who the hell are you?" Someone laughed and asked, "are you a princess?"
Speaking of the word "Princess", Jiang Li's face sank slightly. Soon, she raised the corners of her mouth, but the smile on the corners of her mouth was a little cynical.
"I'm not a princess. I'm Yanjing Shoufu, the legitimate daughter of Jiang Yuanfu, Jiang er." She said.
The laughter in the crowd gradually disappeared.
Jiang Li's smile also completely cooled down.
In the small tea room opposite Lizheng hall, there are beautiful young people in red drinking tea and watching the theatre.
Lu Ji, a scholar in green shirt, stood opposite and looked at the scene of Lizheng hall at the moment, frowning slightly: "I didn't expect Miss Jiang Er to stand out for the Ye family."
Ji Xuan supported her chin with one hand and gently shook the folding fan with the other hand. The folding fan formed a narrow one. In this way, she shook carelessly, and faintly saw small gold wires.
"Tong Zhiyang's plan can't be completed." He said.
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The Ye family, after the Ye Minghui brothers left, the Ye family was temporarily silent.
Mrs. Ye is not in good health. Now she can't even get out of bed. No one dares to tell her about it. Zhuo and Guan still have to smile and take care of Mrs. Ye. Mrs. ye can't find the clue - it's easy that Mrs. Ye's condition has improved, but she can't fail at this time.
As for Jiang Li's brother-in-law of Tong Zhiyang, the official order of Zhong in Yanjing City, except that it is surprising that Jiang Li has a very clear memory of what officials these people do, it has not received the attention of the Ye family.
Jiang Li doesn't think so in her heart. The Li family and Tong Zhiyang only need a Zhong official order to get involved. With such a close relationship, it's hard not to let her think more.
Just talking about it to the Ye family, I'm afraid the Ye family won't believe it.
After returning to her yard, Jiang Li sat in the room thinking hard.
Tong'er and Bai Xue dare not disturb her and quietly retreat outside. Because of Ye Minghui and ye Mingxuan, the servants of the Ye family also seemed much more silent, and the whole mansion was a lot stuffy for a moment. It seems that there is an invisible haze hanging over everyone's heart, which makes people unhappy.
As the saying goes, Adversity shows true love. Although everyone doesn't want to see the Ye family in an accident, it's an opportunity for Jiang Li. It's not impossible to melt a piece of solid ice without doing anything, but it takes too long. What she needs most is time. If something happens to the Ye family this time, she can help them get rid of the crisis. I'm afraid that most of the previous estrangement will disappear after this matter.
At that time, it was easy to "mend the old friendship" with the Ye family.
However, the first thing to be clear at present is what happened to Ye Jia's antique satin. Jiang Li faintly smells the smell of conspiracy. So far, she just suspects that this matter is related to the right Xiang Li family, but there is no evidence.
We can only wait until brother Ye Minghui returns to the house twice to discuss.
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Ye Minghui and ye Mingxuan did not return to their house that night.
Not only that, they also disappeared in the next few days. At first, Guan and Zhuo were still waiting nervously in the mansion. Three or five days later, they didn't even hear from each other. They couldn't help but go to the Yamen to see magistrate Tong in person, trying to find out what happened.
But the magistrate Tong didn't see Guan, so he only let the martial masters around him come out to fight with Guan. What he said was that ye Da Ye and Ye Er ye were guests in the yamen, but the things were not finished yet. When they were finished, they would naturally go home.
Rao Shi Guan's daily work is exquisite. Facing this slippery autumn Tong Zhiyang is helpless. He turns back and complains with Zhuo, "I can't even see Tong Zhiyang's face! Let alone ask the master and second brother, I think Tong Zhiyang is obviously intentional. He knew I would find the door, so he avoided it!"
Zhuo was a little timid and said anxiously, "what on earth does he want to do, detain men in yamen, and I don't know how they are doing? Won't he torture them privately? I heard that some officials left people in prison just for torture."
Ye Mingyu heard this and immediately shouted angrily, "torture? They ate bear heart and leopard courage! Sister in law, you wait, don't you see Tong Zhiyang? I'll break in! Put a knife on his neck and see if he can see!"
Guan and Zhuo couldn't stop, but ye Mingyu couldn't stop them. He directly picked a horse out of the door and left. It seemed that he wanted to settle accounts with Tong Zhiyang.
Ye Mingyu is very bandit in the Jianghu. He doesn't know that everything in the world can't be solved with fists. Jiang Li, who got the news and rushed to the front hall, saw that Guan and Zhuo were telling people to chase Ye Mingyu, and he didn't know whether he could catch up.
Ye Jia'er and ye Rufeng also rushed over and learned the whole story. Without saying a word, ye Rufeng said, "I'll find the third uncle!"
"Like the wind!" Zhuo grabbed him. "Don't bother at this time! There is no man in the house at present, and the rest are weak women. This is really... Really, ah!"
Ye Jiaer was also very embarrassed. Seeing Jiang Li standing aside, she came over and whispered, "cousin also thinks it's incredible."
"Indeed." Jiang Li nodded, "before I came to the Ye family, I didn't know that the Ye family would have these troubles. I thought that the Ye family lived well in Xiangyang."
"The Ye family did live well in Xiangyang, but it was a few months ago." Ye Jia'er smiled bitterly, "but now, people say that prosperity will decline. Is it time for our Ye family to decline?"
Ye Jiaer's tone couldn't hide her loss. Although she was always generous and decent, she was young at all. When she met this matter at first sight, especially when her uncle and father were arrested, now I don't know what the situation is, and how much will be affected. Jiang Li saw the black under her eyes. These days, she should have never had a good night's sleep.
"Man will conquer nature. There is no time when he should not. Besides, the Ye family did not do evil, and God will treat the Ye family well." Jiang Li comforted her. As soon as the comforting words came out, she also wanted to laugh. God won't treat her well just because she is good. In her previous life, the Xue family was full of people, who were not upright and aboveboard, but ended up in a lonely end. God has never been able to rely on her, and she has to rely on herself.
She calmed down and said to ye Jia'er, "cousin, don't say discouraged words. In my opinion, uncle and uncle are in yamen, so nothing will happen. If it's really bad for them, it can be explained long ago that hiding in this way is like doing a deal. I guess Tong Zhiyang has been unwilling to let his aunts see them, just for the sake of waiting for a price."
"For sale?" Ye Jiaer was puzzled.
"There are such things in business. Many businesses are not achieved overnight. There is a process of pulling, clinging to each other, making little concessions to each other, and reaching a price acceptable to both sides. At this time, it depends on who has the heavier chips. People with the heavier chips are confident, fearless, patient and affordable. Once the other party is flustered and unable to breathe, subconsciously will give in first and make more."
Ye Jia'er suddenly said, "you mean, now the magistrate Tong and our Ye family are like doing a business. The magistrate Tong doesn't let our family see our father and uncle. If our family can't hold their breath in their hearts, they will take the initiative to give in. At this time, we can accept whatever conditions the magistrate Tong offers."
"That's the reason." Jiang Li laughed and said that ye Jiaer was very clever.
"But what business does magistrate Tong want to do with us?" Ye Jiaer was still puzzled, "what does he want to do with our family?" Unconsciously, ye Jia'er had habitually discussed with Jiang Li when she encountered problems. After all, Guan and Zhuo didn't care about business. Ye Rufeng was more immature. Looking around, there was only Jiang Li who could talk in the room.
"It depends on the conditions for Tong Zhiyang to open." Jiang Li said, "don't worry. If Tong Zhiyang really wants to trade, he will always offer his own conditions before long. Just wait."
Seeing Jiang Li's confident appearance, ye Jia'er seemed to have found the backbone, and she slowly calmed down involuntarily. She calmed down slightly and joked, "but how can my cousin call the name of magistrate Tong directly? If someone hears this..."
"He is just a magistrate," Jiang Li eyebrowed with a curved smile, with a little naive nonsense, "my father is the first auxiliary. Even if I stand in front of him and call his name directly, no matter how dissatisfied he is, he will only be a man with his tail between his legs."
Ye Jiaer was stunned, and ye Rufeng also looked at Jiang Li.
Although I had known this cousin's "great achievements" in the past, Jiang Li who came to the Ye family was always gentle and considerate, which made people feel that she had nothing to do with the malicious legitimate woman in the rumors. Over time, people would think that Jiang Li had a good temper and a very soft temper, but at this moment, when she talked about Tong Zhiyang's contempt, she was really seen in the eyes of Ye Jiaer and ye Rufeng.
Jiang Li really doesn't look up to Tong Zhiyang.
Jiang Li really doesn't like Tong Zhiyang, but it's not because Tong Zhiyang is just a magistrate. This Tong Zhiyang relied on his brother-in-law to achieve the position of magistrate, but also stained with the light of his wife. On the surface, he was very afraid of the inside, but he raised an outside room and gave birth to a child.
At the end of the year, the county magistrate is going to check with the magistrate, and Xue Huaiyuan has nothing to do. Unlike other county mayors who send money to Tong Zhiyang, Tong Zhiyang deliberately finds fault with Xue Huaiyuan. Xue Zhao couldn't see it. He wanted to catch Tong Zhiyang's pigtail. He didn't want to know the secret, so he threatened Tong Zhiyang with the secret and wouldn't let Tong Zhiyang find Xue Huaiyuan any more trouble.
Xue Huaiyuan didn't know about Xue Zhao, but he wondered why Tong Zhiyang didn't bother him in the next few years. In fact, if Xue Zhao hadn't discovered Tong Zhiyang's secret by mistake at that time, it's hard to say that Xue Huaiyuan, the county magistrate, could have done it for several years. With Tong Zhiyang's narrow-minded, he would certainly find an excuse to make Xue Huaiyuan lose his official hat.
Jiang Li sniffed at people like Tong Zhiyang. Unexpectedly, it was Tong Zhiyang who ran into the Ye family. Naturally, she didn't have a good face.
Guan Shi said to Zhuo Shi, "how can I catch up with the third person who hasn't come back? Haven't you stopped it?"
"Very likely." Zhuo Shi was a little nervous, "the third brother's martial arts are good, and the guards in our house can't compare with him. At that time, he was thinking of settling accounts with magistrate Tong, and must have left in a hurry... Don't cause any trouble. At present, there can't be any problems at this juncture."
"No, I have to go to Yamen." Guan hurried up. "How can the guards in the mansion persuade the third man? The third man's temper... I'll go and have a look."
"I'll go with you." Zhuo's way.
Two people will get up, but see the door, Ah Fu hurriedly ran in, these days he and Ah Shun are in Lizheng hall to help, the house is not needed.
"Ah Fu, what's the matter with you?" Zhuo was shocked.
Jiang Li looked, and saw that most of Ah Fu's clothes were torn, piled up in rags. She didn't know whether she had been punched or slapped on her face. She was green and red, and there seemed to be blood on the corners of her mouth. The hair is even messy. It looks like I had a fight with someone somewhere.
"First lady, second lady, it's bad." Ah Fu gasped for breath. When he said this, he stopped for a moment, as if he was also struggling to speak. After a long time, he continued: "lizhengtang and lizhengtang were smashed. The guards couldn't stop them. The shopkeeper was surrounded by people, and Ah Shun was still there. Those people came in and smashed things. They couldn't stop smashing anything, and even the sign of lizhengtang was smashed. Madam, you'd better go and have a look!"
He finished in one breath.
"Lizheng hall was smashed?" Zhuo almost fainted.
"No." Ah Fu pulled his clothes. "If the villain wasn't small and fast, he couldn't go back to the house to report. Those people were red eyed, and none of the people in Lizheng hall were allowed to go out."
"Ah Fu," Jiang Li asked, "who are the people who came to smash the store?"
Lizhengtang is the property of Ye family. No one in Xiangyang City doesn't know ye family. It's brave to smash the store in Li Zhengtang.
At this moment, Ah Fu didn't care whether it was Miss Biao who needed to be on guard, and immediately replied, "it's just ordinary people."
"Where are the villains from? They dare to be wild in Lizheng hall. They are impatient!" Ye Rufeng was furious, "why don't you report to the official?"
"All the officers have caught our master in, young master, what kind of clearance can we report?" Ah Fu answered with a sad face.
Jiang Li asked, "why did they smash the store for no reason? Did lizhengtang provoke them? Why did they come to trouble?"
"I heard it was because of antique satin." Ah Fu's face was also a little dignified. "The people who came said that they had a rash in our clothes made of antique satin. Now Xiangyang's ready-made clothes shops don't accept antique satin. But the antique satin sold is still hurting people. A few days ago, someone wore antique satin and disappeared."
Dead?
Ye Jiaer Wu covered her mouth. As the daughter of the merchant, she knew clearly that once the rumors of "antique satin will kill people" spread, the Ye family would really have no chance to turn over.
Now, the rumor has spread.
Zhuo and Guan almost collapsed.
Ye Rufeng clenched his fist tightly.
Fu looked at the people in this room, and somehow, he was a little desolate. At present, ye uncle and ye Erye are both invited to the Yamen. Ye Sanye goes to find someone. I don't know how it is now. Old lady Ye is ill in bed, leaving a room of people. Ye Rufeng is still young, and the others are weak women. But the crisis of the Ye family is threatening, but what can we do?
"I'll go to Lizheng hall." Leaves are like air ducts.
"Rufeng, what can you do now?" Zhuo stopped.
"Mom, what can I do if I don't go? Lizhengtang is the foundation of our ancestors, which can't be destroyed by us. Now I'm the only man in the house, and I want to go." He said, "I have to go."
Zhuo Zheng Zheng released his hand.
Jiang Li appreciated it a little. Although ye Rufeng did not look very mature, it was a rare quality that he could recognize his responsibility. It's very similar to Xue Zhao that he never flinches when it's critical.
Her eyes suddenly softened.
"I'll go with you." Jiang Li said, "don't be afraid, I'll find a way."
"You..." ye Rufeng was about to speak, and ye Jia'er had taken Jiang Li's hand: "I'll go too."
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Lizheng hall is in chaos outside at the moment.
The street was crowded, and the shopkeepers of other surrounding shops leaned against the door to watch the play. In the past, Lizheng hall occupied the best land in Xiangyang, and its business was extremely good, which inevitably made people jealous. If peers are light, they are not peers, and they are more jealous. At present, seeing Li Zhengtang's misfortune, he felt sympathy on the surface, but he was very happy in his heart.
It's always shameful.
A Shun stopped at the door. Although he was not tall, he had traveled far and wide with Ye Mingyu over the years, and he was more or less good at martial arts, which also gave rise to the banditry of some Jianghu people. The door of Lizheng hall was not broken at this time, because his commander's guard stopped it. Even so, the cabinets next to the door were completely smashed, and the ground was strewn with torn cloth. The crowd was excited, and new people kept coming. Holding a stick in his hand.
Two fists are hard to defeat four hands. If it goes on like this, he will soon be unable to stop it
Ah Shun kept complaining in his heart. If ye Mingyu was better here, he would probably be able to frighten people. But ye Mingyu was born and disappeared at this moment. Even if he tried his best again, he could not stop the continuous influx of people.
In the crowd, there were servants sent by large families and ordinary people who didn't seem to be rich, all of whom were shouting angrily.
"The Ye family murdered people for money. Antique satin is dead!"
"Profiteer Ye family! Ask Ye family to be in charge!"
"Ye family can't die easily!"
It is the first time that the Ye family has suffered such a bad reputation in Xiangyang because they are good at giving and never cheat their guests. A Shun was dizzy when he heard it. Someone lifted his sleeve and let people around him see the thin red rash on his arm, which caused everyone around to scream, so the action of smashing the store became more and more wild.
Ye Jiaer and his party just arrived at Lizheng hall and saw this scene.
Guan and Zhuo did not come. Guan went to the Yamen to find Ye Mingyu. Zhuo stayed in the mansion and waited for news. Before Jiang Li left, he called out all the accompanying bodyguards brought from the Jiang family.
Fortunately, Jiang Li called the bodyguard. As soon as the party came to Lizheng hall, someone saw them and immediately said, "Miss ye and young ye are here!"
"Hula" all of a sudden, the crowd ran to this end, threatening, Ah Shun saw that it was bad in his heart, but he saw the bodyguard behind Jiang Li "Shua" flash out his knife.
The bodyguard of the Shoufu family looks more serious than the bodyguard of the Ye family. It's OK to bluff people casually, at least it doesn't look worse than the Yamen official who arrested people in the Ye family. People are bullied and afraid of hard. Seeing so many vicious guards, they subconsciously stopped.
Timid in heart, dare not come forward.
Shopkeeper a Shunhe breathed a sigh of relief. If the young master and the young lady and the young lady from the capital had an accident here today, they would be responsible for being servants.
The bodyguards escorted Jiang Li and several people to the Li main hall. The people who made trouble still wanted to follow, and they were afraid of the long knives in the bodyguards' hands, so they had to follow suit.
When she retreated to the door of Lizheng hall, Jiang Li looked into the door and found that it was in a mess. Shopkeeper Qian was holding a handkerchief over his forehead, bleeding blood. He was probably thrown by something. It seems that these troublemakers suddenly came to pay, and the people who hit Lizheng hall were caught off guard.
"Everyone..." ye Rufeng summoned his courage: "don't get excited and calm down. I'm the young master of the Ye family. If you have anything to talk about, the Ye family won't shirk their responsibilities..."
Before saying this, an egg "snapped" on ye Rufeng's head and was blocked by Jiang Li's bodyguard, otherwise ye Rufeng would be smashed to the full.
"What can't escape responsibility? Your antique satin wears dead people. You killed people and want to earn money from Xiangyang people. What you earn is black money and what you take is life debt!"
Ye Rufeng's face turned red all of a sudden. When talking about the Ye family in the past, everyone in Xiangyang praised him. Naturally, he was also highly respected as a young owner. But now it seems to have become a street mouse called by everyone, and the contempt in the eyes of the people is real. They crusaded against him.
Young boys have never experienced this kind of thing. They are confused, confused, and even a kind of disheartened. No one wants to believe him. His human feelings are cold and indifferent, but it's too cold.
Ye Jia'er is older than ye Rufeng. Although she loves her brother dearly, she doesn't care to comfort ye Rufeng at the moment. She stood up and said, "everyone, I don't know where the saying of antique satin wearing dead people came from. We haven't found out this matter yet. The Ye family has been doing business in Xiangyang City for so many years, and the goodwill is obvious to all. We won't deceive you."
But this was immediately drowned by the noise. Jiang Li even saw someone bend down to pick up stones and try to hit ye Jia'er.
Jiang Li grabbed ye Jia'er and let her hide behind the bodyguard.
"Who said antique satin would wear dead?" The slightly cold crisp female voice, not high, seemed to be very penetrating and clearly spread to everyone's ears.
Everyone looked forward.
Then I saw the cardamom girl standing in front of the bodyguard, her dress was deep and shallow blue, especially clean, her eyes and eyebrows were beautiful, gentle, clear and lovely.
Perhaps there will be a slight difference in the change of identity between the "first daughter" and the "Miss merchant". Those people dared to throw stones at ye Jia'er, but in the face of this gentle looking girl, they did not dare to say evil words, as if they were afraid.
Maybe there is an unscrupulous "Qi" on Jiang Li.
"Who are you? There is something wrong with antique satin. Everyone knows it? Look at us!" The man may want to be ashamed of a little girl like Jiang Li. He rolled up his sleeves and showed Jiang Li a thin red rash.
Maybe she thought Jiang Li would be confused and block her eyes, but Jiang Li just glanced at his bare arm with a flat expression, like looking at a tea cup, a bowl, an oil lamp, without any fluctuations.
"Oh." She said faintly, and then pulled out a short dagger from her sleeve.
The crowd around was startled, and involuntarily stepped back. The little girl took a knife when she didn't agree, didn't she want to kill? Although they kept saying that the Ye family killed people, they also knew in their hearts that the Ye family would not kill people in broad daylight.
"Cousin -" Ye Jiaer was eager to dissuade.
But Jiang Li put the dagger under her hand, "brush and pull", and cut off a piece of cloth on the sleeve cleanly.
She casually threw the cloth to the man who rolled up his sleeves, and the man subconsciously caught it.
"You may as well have a look. I'm also wearing antique satin. But I don't have such a rash. If you don't believe me, which sister-in-law can come in with me to verify." Jiang Li Dao.
Ye Jiaer and ye Rufeng were stunned. They didn't know that Jiang Li was wearing antique satin. Today I left in such a hurry, who will pay attention to what Jiang Li is wearing. However, when Jiang Li came to Xiangyang, something happened to antique satins. Even Li Zhengtang no longer sold antique satins, and Jiang Li failed to get one and a half, which must have been bought in the capital.
Jiang Li saw that the people's expression eased a little, and her heart relaxed slightly.
This dress was found during the ceremony she brought to Xiangyang. Yesterday, tong'er found her clothes. When she saw it, she happened to say to Jiang Li. Jiang Li had a heart movement and didn't expect to use it so soon.
Antique satin is valuable. At least the people who can afford it are not poor people, but it is not a small amount. Most of them buy gifts. If there is something wrong with the gifts and they spend such a large sum of money, these people will not give up.
Nothing is more persuasive than wearing it in person. Jiang Li once heard Xue Huaiyuan say: if you don't cut yourself with a knife, you will never know the pain. It's not easy for people to think with empathy, but if you want people to believe that you know their taste well, many things can be solved.
No one came to check Jiang Li's arm, perhaps because Jiang Li's expression was so magnanimous that people had to believe that the arm under the sleeve was as white as her face.
There were also people who didn't believe what Jiang Li said. They picked up the cut half of the sleeve and looked carefully. Finally, they had to nod: "it's really antique satin."
Jiang Li smiled, "you see, if there's a problem with antique satin, I won't wear it myself and kill myself, will I?"
"What's impossible?" Someone in the crowd muttered, "in case you are the nurseries found by the Ye family and play for the Ye family for money, what will your life count?"
Before Jiang Li could speak, tong'er beside him was furious: "nonsense! Our Miss's life is much more valuable than silver!" However, her mouth was tight, but she did not say the identity of Jiang Li.
Xiangyang people have never seen Jiang Li and don't know who Jiang Li is. Hearing that ye Jia'er called Jiang Li's cousin, she thought Jiang Li was a distant relative of the Ye family and came to the Ye family.
Jiang Li said, "I really don't need to be the nurseries of the Ye family. My life is probably more valuable than this Lizheng hall."
"Who the hell are you?" Someone laughed and asked, "are you a princess?"
Speaking of the word "Princess", Jiang Li's face sank slightly. Soon, she raised the corners of her mouth, but the smile on the corners of her mouth was a little cynical.
"I'm not a princess. I'm Yanjing Shoufu, the legitimate daughter of Jiang Yuanfu, Jiang er." She said.
The laughter in the crowd gradually disappeared.
Jiang Li's smile also completely cooled down.
In the small tea room opposite Lizheng hall, there are beautiful young people in red drinking tea and watching the theatre.
Lu Ji, a scholar in green shirt, stood opposite and looked at the scene of Lizheng hall at the moment, frowning slightly: "I didn't expect Miss Jiang Er to stand out for the Ye family."
Ji Xuan supported her chin with one hand and gently shook the folding fan with the other hand. The folding fan formed a narrow one. In this way, she shook carelessly, and faintly saw small gold wires.
"Tong Zhiyang's plan can't be completed." He said.
The Ye family, after the Ye Minghui brothers left, the Ye family was temporarily silent.Mrs. Ye is not in good health. Now she can't even get out of bed. No one dares to tell her about it. Zhuo and Guan still have to smile and take care of Mrs. Ye. Mrs. ye can't find the clue - it's easy that Mrs. Ye's condition has improved, but she can't fail at this time.As for Jiang Li's brother-in-law of Tong Zhiyang, the official order of Zhong in Yanjing City, except that it is surprising that Jiang Li has a very clear memory of what officials these people do, it has not received the attention of the Ye family.Jiang Li doesn't think so in her heart. The Li family and Tong Zhiyang only need a Zhong official order to get involved. With such a close relationship, it's hard not to let her think more.Just talking about it to the Ye family, I'm afraid the Ye family won't believe it.After returning to her yard, Jiang Li sat in the room thinking hard.Tong'er and Bai Xue dare not disturb her and quietly retreat outside. Because of Ye Minghui and ye Mingxuan, the servants of the Ye family also seemed much more silent, and the whole mansion was a lot stuffy for a moment. It seems that there is an invisible haze hanging over everyone's heart, which makes people unhappy.As the saying goes, Adversity shows true love. Although everyone doesn't want to see the Ye family in an accident, it's an opportunity for Jiang Li. It's not impossible to melt a piece of solid ice without doing anything, but it takes too long. What she needs most is time. If something happens to the Ye family this time, she can help them get rid of the crisis. I'm afraid that most of the previous estrangement will disappear after this matter.At that time, it was easy to "mend the old friendship" with the Ye family.However, the first thing to be clear at present is what happened to Ye Jia's antique satin. Jiang Li faintly smells the smell of conspiracy. So far, she just suspects that this matter is related to the right Xiang Li family, but there is no evidence.We can only wait until brother Ye Minghui returns to the house twice to discuss.Ye Minghui and ye Mingxuan did not return to their house that night.Not only that, they also disappeared in the next few days. At first, Guan and Zhuo were still waiting nervously in the mansion. Three or five days later, they didn't even hear from each other. They couldn't help but go to the Yamen to see magistrate Tong in person, trying to find out what happened.But the magistrate Tong didn't see Guan, so he only let the martial masters around him come out to fight with Guan. What he said was that ye Da Ye and Ye Er ye were guests in the yamen, but the things were not finished yet. When they were finished, they would naturally go home.Rao Shi Guan's daily work is exquisite. Facing this slippery autumn Tong Zhiyang is helpless. He turns back and complains with Zhuo, "I can't even see Tong Zhiyang's face! Let alone ask the master and second brother, I think Tong Zhiyang is obviously intentional. He knew I would find the door, so he avoided it!"Zhuo was a little timid and said anxiously, "what on earth does he want to do, detain men in yamen, and I don't know how they are doing? Won't he torture them privately? I heard that some officials left people in prison just for torture."Ye Mingyu heard this and immediately shouted angrily, "torture? They ate bear heart and leopard courage! Sister in law, you wait, don't you see Tong Zhiyang? I'll break in! Put a knife on his neck and see if he can see!"Guan and Zhuo couldn't stop, but ye Mingyu couldn't stop them. He directly picked a horse out of the door and left. It seemed that he wanted to settle accounts with Tong Zhiyang.Ye Mingyu is very bandit in the Jianghu. He doesn't know that everything in the world can't be solved with fists. Jiang Li, who got the news and rushed to the front hall, saw that Guan and Zhuo were telling people to chase Ye Mingyu, and he didn't know whether he could catch up.Ye Jia'er and ye Rufeng also rushed over and learned the whole story. Without saying a word, ye Rufeng said, "I'll find the third uncle!""Like the wind!" Zhuo grabbed him. "Don't bother at this time! There is no man in the house at present, and the rest are weak women. This is really... Really, ah!"Ye Jiaer was also very embarrassed. Seeing Jiang Li standing aside, she came over and whispered, "cousin also thinks it's incredible.""Indeed." Jiang Li nodded, "before I came to the Ye family, I didn't know that the Ye family would have these troubles. I thought that the Ye family lived well in Xiangyang.""The Ye family did live well in Xiangyang, but it was a few months ago." Ye Jia'er smiled bitterly, "but now, people say that prosperity will decline. Is it time for our Ye family to decline?"Ye Jiaer's tone couldn't hide her loss. Although she was always generous and decent, she was young at all. When she met this matter at first sight, especially when her uncle and father were arrested, now I don't know what the situation is, and how much will be affected. Jiang Li saw the black under her eyes. These days, she should have never had a good night's sleep."Man will conquer nature. There is no time when he should not. Besides, the Ye family did not do evil, and God will treat the Ye family well." Jiang Li comforted her. As soon as the comforting words came out, she also wanted to laugh. God won't treat her well just because she is good. In her previous life, the Xue family was full of people, who were not upright and aboveboard, but ended up in a lonely end. God has never been able to rely on her, and she has to rely on herself.She calmed down and said to ye Jia'er, "cousin, don't say discouraged words. In my opinion, uncle and uncle are in yamen, so nothing will happen. If it's really bad for them, it can be explained long ago that hiding in this way is like doing a deal. I guess Tong Zhiyang has been unwilling to let his aunts see them, just for the sake of waiting for a price.""For sale?" Ye Jiaer was puzzled."There are such things in business. Many businesses are not achieved overnight. There is a process of pulling, clinging to each other, making little concessions to each other, and reaching a price acceptable to both sides. At this time, it depends on who has the heavier chips. People with the heavier chips are confident, fearless, patient and affordable. Once the other party is flustered and unable to breathe, subconsciously will give in first and make more."Ye Jia'er suddenly said, "you mean, now the magistrate Tong and our Ye family are like doing a business. The magistrate Tong doesn't let our family see our father and uncle. If our family can't hold their breath in their hearts, they will take the initiative to give in. At this time, we can accept whatever conditions the magistrate Tong offers.""That's the reason." Jiang Li laughed and said that ye Jiaer was very clever."But what business does magistrate Tong want to do with us?" Ye Jiaer was still puzzled, "what does he want to do with our family?" Unconsciously, ye Jia'er had habitually discussed with Jiang Li when she encountered problems. After all, Guan and Zhuo didn't care about business. Ye Rufeng was more immature. Looking around, there was only Jiang Li who could talk in the room."It depends on the conditions for Tong Zhiyang to open." Jiang Li said, "don't worry. If Tong Zhiyang really wants to trade, he will always offer his own conditions before long. Just wait."Seeing Jiang Li's confident appearance, ye Jia'er seemed to have found the backbone, and she slowly calmed down involuntarily. She calmed down slightly and joked, "but how can my cousin call the name of magistrate Tong directly? If someone hears this...""He is just a magistrate," Jiang Li eyebrowed with a curved smile, with a little naive nonsense, "my father is the first auxiliary. Even if I stand in front of him and call his name directly, no matter how dissatisfied he is, he will only be a man with his tail between his legs."Ye Jiaer was stunned, and ye Rufeng also looked at Jiang Li.Although I had known this cousin's "great achievements" in the past, Jiang Li who came to the Ye family was always gentle and considerate, which made people feel that she had nothing to do with the malicious legitimate woman in the rumors. Over time, people would think that Jiang Li had a good temper and a very soft temper, but at this moment, when she talked about Tong Zhiyang's contempt, she was really seen in the eyes of Ye Jiaer and ye Rufeng.Jiang Li really doesn't look up to Tong Zhiyang.Jiang Li really doesn't like Tong Zhiyang, but it's not because Tong Zhiyang is just a magistrate. This Tong Zhiyang relied on his brother-in-law to achieve the position of magistrate, but also stained with the light of his wife. On the surface, he was very afraid of the inside, but he raised an outside room and gave birth to a child.At the end of the year, the county magistrate is going to check with the magistrate, and Xue Huaiyuan has nothing to do. Unlike other county mayors who send money to Tong Zhiyang, Tong Zhiyang deliberately finds fault with Xue Huaiyuan. Xue Zhao couldn't see it. He wanted to catch Tong Zhiyang's pigtail. He didn't want to know the secret, so he threatened Tong Zhiyang with the secret and wouldn't let Tong Zhiyang find Xue Huaiyuan any more trouble.Xue Huaiyuan didn't know about Xue Zhao, but he wondered why Tong Zhiyang didn't bother him in the next few years. In fact, if Xue Zhao hadn't discovered Tong Zhiyang's secret by mistake at that time, it's hard to say that Xue Huaiyuan, the county magistrate, could have done it for several years. With Tong Zhiyang's narrow-minded, he would certainly find an excuse to make Xue Huaiyuan lose his official hat.Jiang Li sniffed at people like Tong Zhiyang. Unexpectedly, it was Tong Zhiyang who ran into the Ye family. Naturally, she didn't have a good face.Guan Shi said to Zhuo Shi, "how can I catch up with the third person who hasn't come back? Haven't you stopped it?""Very likely." Zhuo Shi was a little nervous, "the third brother's martial arts are good, and the guards in our house can't compare with him. At that time, he was thinking of settling accounts with magistrate Tong, and must have left in a hurry... Don't cause any trouble. At present, there can't be any problems at this juncture.""No, I have to go to Yamen." Guan hurried up. "How can the guards in the mansion persuade the third man? The third man's temper... I'll go and have a look.""I'll go with you." Zhuo's way.Two people will get up, but see the door, Ah Fu hurriedly ran in, these days he and Ah Shun are in Lizheng hall to help, the house is not needed."Ah Fu, what's the matter with you?" Zhuo was shocked.Jiang Li looked, and saw that most of Ah Fu's clothes were torn, piled up in rags. She didn't know whether she had been punched or slapped on her face. She was green and red, and there seemed to be blood on the corners of her mouth. The hair is even messy. It looks like I had a fight with someone somewhere."First lady, second lady, it's bad." Ah Fu gasped for breath. When he said this, he stopped for a moment, as if he was also struggling to speak. After a long time, he continued: "lizhengtang and lizhengtang were smashed. The guards couldn't stop them. The shopkeeper was surrounded by people, and Ah Shun was still there. Those people came in and smashed things. They couldn't stop smashing anything, and even the sign of lizhengtang was smashed. Madam, you'd better go and have a look!"He finished in one breath."Lizheng hall was smashed?" Zhuo almost fainted."No." Ah Fu pulled his clothes. "If the villain wasn't small and fast, he couldn't go back to the house to report. Those people were red eyed, and none of the people in Lizheng hall were allowed to go out.""Ah Fu," Jiang Li asked, "who are the people who came to smash the store?"Lizhengtang is the property of Ye family. No one in Xiangyang City doesn't know ye family. It's brave to smash the store in Li Zhengtang.At this moment, Ah Fu didn't care whether it was Miss Biao who needed to be on guard, and immediately replied, "it's just ordinary people.""Where are the villains from? They dare to be wild in Lizheng hall. They are impatient!" Ye Rufeng was furious, "why don't you report to the official?""All the officers have caught our master in, young master, what kind of clearance can we report?" Ah Fu answered with a sad face.Jiang Li asked, "why did they smash the store for no reason? Did lizhengtang provoke them? Why did they come to trouble?""I heard it was because of antique satin." Ah Fu's face was also a little dignified. "The people who came said that they had a rash in our clothes made of antique satin. Now Xiangyang's ready-made clothes shops don't accept antique satin. But the antique satin sold is still hurting people. A few days ago, someone wore antique satin and disappeared."Dead?Ye Jiaer Wu covered her mouth. As the daughter of the merchant, she knew clearly that once the rumors of "antique satin will kill people" spread, the Ye family would really have no chance to turn over.Now, the rumor has spread.Zhuo and Guan almost collapsed.Ye Rufeng clenched his fist tightly.Fu looked at the people in this room, and somehow, he was a little desolate. At present, ye uncle and ye Erye are both invited to the Yamen. Ye Sanye goes to find someone. I don't know how it is now. Old lady Ye is ill in bed, leaving a room of people. Ye Rufeng is still young, and the others are weak women. But the crisis of the Ye family is threatening, but what can we do?"I'll go to Lizheng hall." Leaves are like air ducts."Rufeng, what can you do now?" Zhuo stopped."Mom, what can I do if I don't go? Lizhengtang is the foundation of our ancestors, which can't be destroyed by us. Now I'm the only man in the house, and I want to go." He said, "I have to go."Zhuo Zheng Zheng released his hand.Jiang Li appreciated it a little. Although ye Rufeng did not look very mature, it was a rare quality that he could recognize his responsibility. It's very similar to Xue Zhao that he never flinches when it's critical.Her eyes suddenly softened."I'll go with you." Jiang Li said, "don't be afraid, I'll find a way.""You..." ye Rufeng was about to speak, and ye Jia'er had taken Jiang Li's hand: "I'll go too."Lizheng hall is in chaos outside at the moment.The street was crowded, and the shopkeepers of other surrounding shops leaned against the door to watch the play. In the past, Lizheng hall occupied the best land in Xiangyang, and its business was extremely good, which inevitably made people jealous. If peers are light, they are not peers, and they are more jealous. At present, seeing Li Zhengtang's misfortune, he felt sympathy on the surface, but he was very happy in his heart.It's always shameful.A Shun stopped at the door. Although he was not tall, he had traveled far and wide with Ye Mingyu over the years, and he was more or less good at martial arts, which also gave rise to the banditry of some Jianghu people. The door of Lizheng hall was not broken at this time, because his commander's guard stopped it. Even so, the cabinets next to the door were completely smashed, and the ground was strewn with torn cloth. The crowd was excited, and new people kept coming. Holding a stick in his hand.Two fists are hard to defeat four hands. If it goes on like this, he will soon be unable to stop itAh Shun kept complaining in his heart. If ye Mingyu was better here, he would probably be able to frighten people. But ye Mingyu was born and disappeared at this moment. Even if he tried his best again, he could not stop the continuous influx of people.In the crowd, there were servants sent by large families and ordinary people who didn't seem to be rich, all of whom were shouting angrily."The Ye family murdered people for money. Antique satin is dead!""Profiteer Ye family! Ask Ye family to be in charge!""Ye family can't die easily!"It is the first time that the Ye family has suffered such a bad reputation in Xiangyang because they are good at giving and never cheat their guests. A Shun was dizzy when he heard it. Someone lifted his sleeve and let people around him see the thin red rash on his arm, which caused everyone around to scream, so the action of smashing the store became more and more wild.Ye Jiaer and his party just arrived at Lizheng hall and saw this scene.Guan and Zhuo did not come. Guan went to the Yamen to find Ye Mingyu. Zhuo stayed in the mansion and waited for news. Before Jiang Li left, he called out all the accompanying bodyguards brought from the Jiang family.Fortunately, Jiang Li called the bodyguard. As soon as the party came to Lizheng hall, someone saw them and immediately said, "Miss ye and young ye are here!""Hula" all of a sudden, the crowd ran to this end, threatening, Ah Shun saw that it was bad in his heart, but he saw the bodyguard behind Jiang Li "Shua" flash out his knife.The bodyguard of the Shoufu family looks more serious than the bodyguard of the Ye family. It's OK to bluff people casually, at least it doesn't look worse than the Yamen official who arrested people in the Ye family. People are bullied and afraid of hard. Seeing so many vicious guards, they subconsciously stopped.Timid in heart, dare not come forward.Shopkeeper a Shunhe breathed a sigh of relief. If the young master and the young lady and the young lady from the capital had an accident here today, they would be responsible for being servants.The bodyguards escorted Jiang Li and several people to the Li main hall. The people who made trouble still wanted to follow, and they were afraid of the long knives in the bodyguards' hands, so they had to follow suit.When she retreated to the door of Lizheng hall, Jiang Li looked into the door and found that it was in a mess. Shopkeeper Qian was holding a handkerchief over his forehead, bleeding blood. He was probably thrown by something. It seems that these troublemakers suddenly came to pay, and the people who hit Lizheng hall were caught off guard."Everyone..." ye Rufeng summoned his courage: "don't get excited and calm down. I'm the young master of the Ye family. If you have anything to talk about, the Ye family won't shirk their responsibilities..."Before saying this, an egg "snapped" on ye Rufeng's head and was blocked by Jiang Li's bodyguard, otherwise ye Rufeng would be smashed to the full."What can't escape responsibility? Your antique satin wears dead people. You killed people and want to earn money from Xiangyang people. What you earn is black money and what you take is life debt!"Ye Rufeng's face turned red all of a sudden. When talking about the Ye family in the past, everyone in Xiangyang praised him. Naturally, he was also highly respected as a young owner. But now it seems to have become a street mouse called by everyone, and the contempt in the eyes of the people is real. They crusaded against him.Young boys have never experienced this kind of thing. They are confused, confused, and even a kind of disheartened. No one wants to believe him. His human feelings are cold and indifferent, but it's too cold.Ye Jia'er is older than ye Rufeng. Although she loves her brother dearly, she doesn't care to comfort ye Rufeng at the moment. She stood up and said, "everyone, I don't know where the saying of antique satin wearing dead people came from. We haven't found out this matter yet. The Ye family has been doing business in Xiangyang City for so many years, and the goodwill is obvious to all. We won't deceive you."But this was immediately drowned by the noise. Jiang Li even saw someone bend down to pick up stones and try to hit ye Jia'er.Jiang Li grabbed ye Jia'er and let her hide behind the bodyguard."Who said antique satin would wear dead?" The slightly cold crisp female voice, not high, seemed to be very penetrating and clearly spread to everyone's ears.Everyone looked forward.Then I saw the cardamom girl standing in front of the bodyguard, her dress was deep and shallow blue, especially clean, her eyes and eyebrows were beautiful, gentle, clear and lovely.Perhaps there will be a slight difference in the change of identity between the "first daughter" and the "Miss merchant". Those people dared to throw stones at ye Jia'er, but in the face of this gentle looking girl, they did not dare to say evil words, as if they were afraid.Maybe there is an unscrupulous "Qi" on Jiang Li."Who are you? There is something wrong with antique satin. Everyone knows it? Look at us!" The man may want to be ashamed of a little girl like Jiang Li. He rolled up his sleeves and showed Jiang Li a thin red rash.Maybe she thought Jiang Li would be confused and block her eyes, but Jiang Li just glanced at his bare arm with a flat expression, like looking at a tea cup, a bowl, an oil lamp, without any fluctuations."Oh." She said faintly, and then pulled out a short dagger from her sleeve.The crowd around was startled, and involuntarily stepped back. The little girl took a knife when she didn't agree, didn't she want to kill? Although they kept saying that the Ye family killed people, they also knew in their hearts that the Ye family would not kill people in broad daylight."Cousin -" Ye Jiaer was eager to dissuade.But Jiang Li put the dagger under her hand, "brush and pull", and cut off a piece of cloth on the sleeve cleanly.She casually threw the cloth to the man who rolled up his sleeves, and the man subconsciously caught it."You may as well have a look. I'm also wearing antique satin. But I don't have such a rash. If you don't believe me, which sister-in-law can come in with me to verify." Jiang Li Dao.Ye Jiaer and ye Rufeng were stunned. They didn't know that Jiang Li was wearing antique satin. Today I left in such a hurry, who will pay attention to what Jiang Li is wearing. However, when Jiang Li came to Xiangyang, something happened to antique satins. Even Li Zhengtang no longer sold antique satins, and Jiang Li failed to get one and a half, which must have been bought in the capital.Jiang Li saw that the people's expression eased a little, and her heart relaxed slightly.This dress was found during the ceremony she brought to Xiangyang. Yesterday, tong'er found her clothes. When she saw it, she happened to say to Jiang Li. Jiang Li had a heart movement and didn't expect to use it so soon.Antique satin is valuable. At least the people who can afford it are not poor people, but it is not a small amount. Most of them buy gifts. If there is something wrong with the gifts and they spend such a large sum of money, these people will not give up.Nothing is more persuasive than wearing it in person. Jiang Li once heard Xue Huaiyuan say: if you don't cut yourself with a knife, you will never know the pain. It's not easy for people to think with empathy, but if you want people to believe that you know their taste well, many things can be solved.No one came to check Jiang Li's arm, perhaps because Jiang Li's expression was so magnanimous that people had to believe that the arm under the sleeve was as white as her face.There were also people who didn't believe what Jiang Li said. They picked up the cut half of the sleeve and looked carefully. Finally, they had to nod: "it's really antique satin."Jiang Li smiled, "you see, if there's a problem with antique satin, I won't wear it myself and kill myself, will I?""What's impossible?" Someone in the crowd muttered, "in case you are the nurseries found by the Ye family and play for the Ye family for money, what will your life count?"Before Jiang Li could speak, tong'er beside him was furious: "nonsense! Our Miss's life is much more valuable than silver!" However, her mouth was tight, but she did not say the identity of Jiang Li.Xiangyang people have never seen Jiang Li and don't know who Jiang Li is. Hearing that ye Jia'er called Jiang Li's cousin, she thought Jiang Li was a distant relative of the Ye family and came to the Ye family.Jiang Li said, "I really don't need to be the nurseries of the Ye family. My life is probably more valuable than this Lizheng hall.""Who the hell are you?" Someone laughed and asked, "are you a princess?"Speaking of the word "Princess", Jiang Li's face sank slightly. Soon, she raised the corners of her mouth, but the smile on the corners of her mouth was a little cynical."I'm not a princess. I'm Yanjing Shoufu, the legitimate daughter of Jiang Yuanfu, Jiang er." She said.The laughter in the crowd gradually disappeared.Jiang Li's smile also completely cooled down.In the small tea room opposite Lizheng hall, there are beautiful young people in red drinking tea and watching the theatre.Lu Ji, a scholar in green shirt, stood opposite and looked at the scene of Lizheng hall at the moment, frowning slightly: "I didn't expect Miss Jiang Er to stand out for the Ye family."Ji Xuan supported her chin with one hand and gently shook the folding fan with the other hand. The folding fan formed a narrow one. In this way, she shook carelessly, and faintly saw small gold wires."Tong Zhiyang's plan can't be completed." He said.
