In a ready-to-wear shop in the north of the city, behind the counter, in a green pine curtain, there was a small hospitality room in Yiran, Xue Rui sat on a chair under the window, listening to the shopkeeper's report:

"Master, there is a foreigner surnamed Xu who lives in the Baiquan Inn in Qiu Kwai Fang, who just checked in the day before yesterday, and has a few partners in the same company, and it is strange that he does not live in one place. The little one made someone follow him for a day, and yesterday afternoon I saw him enter a chamber of commerce in the south of the city. ”

"Which chamber of commerce?"

"It's Taehyung Chamber of Commerce."

Xue Rui had doubts between his eyebrows, he knew the Tao of this Taiheng Chamber of Commerce, that day in Yiyang, he assumed the name Cao Zixin, and there was a general manager surnamed Pei who fell in love with Yu Shu's ability to count, and under his peace, Yu Shu entered the Taiheng Chamber of Commerce as an apprentice, and now he is in trouble with her, and he has just let go of people in the capital, how big of a festival should it be?

Seeing Xue Rui's face, the shopkeeper thought that he didn't know Taiheng's reputation, so he said: "Master, you have been away from Beijing for two years, but you never knew that this Taiheng Chamber of Commerce is a family that has only moved into Anling City in recent years, and its business is thriving, its reputation is also good, and there is also some background in the back." ”

Xue Rui asked: "Yes, the person in charge here is the one who is in charge, can I recognize it?" ”

"Back to my grandfather, you may not know the big proprietor of the Taiheng Chamber of Commerce, but you should have heard of it."

"Oh? Who is it? ”

"Do you remember the early days ago when the Great Yan test came out with an operator who wore linen and filial piety when the list was released?"

Xue Rui recalled for a while, remembered such a rare incident when he was a teenager, and hesitantly said a tongue-twisting name:

"Gu Gai?"

The shopkeeper of the ceremony was a little surprised that he was separated like this, and he could still remember clearly: "It's that ancient operator, do you remember?" ”

Xue Rui remembered that this Gu Gai was wearing linen and filial piety to welcome the list that day, and he was there, passing by and seeing with his own eyes the man who was not confused crying loudly in front of Si Tianjian, without the joy of winning the championship. Later, I heard that his parents had passed away a long time ago, but he didn't know who he was mourning for on that happy day.

"This ancient operator can live in Beijing now?" Xue Rui asked.

"I don't know, Rong Xiao sent someone to inquire."

Xue Rui nodded, stood up, walked out to the door, and turned back and added: "By the way, let's find out, has there been anything special happening in this Taiheng Chamber of Commerce in the past six months." ”

"Yes, the little one will check it out as soon as possible."

Xue Rui left the ready-to-wear shop and did not go home, but took a sedan chair to the Wuwu Pavilion, planning to find an insider to ask the details behind the Taiheng Chamber of Commerce.

said that it was as soon as possible, and when Xue Rui got the news, another three days passed, during which he sent someone to keep an eye on Sun Ji Tavern, but he didn't go to Huixing Street to find Yu Shu to warn, firstly, because he didn't know which household she lived in, and secondly, this capital was his territory, and he was not afraid that Yu Shu would have an accident under his nose.

However, after reading the news that had just arrived, he still decided to go to her.

A large chamber of commerce has big and small things happening every month, but there is one thing that caught Xue Rui's attention - a few months ago, a caravan sent from Yiyang City to Anling was robbed by water bandits on the way, dozens of people died tragically, and only a few people escaped from the abandoned river.

This robbery is very remarkable, alarmed the government along the river, but the whereabouts of the water bandits are erratic, hidden in the river valley, and the government can not arrest the murderer, it is said that for this reason, the Taiheng Chamber of Commerce issued a reward of 8,000 taels of silver, claiming that as long as someone can catch the gang, it will double the gratitude and many people in the rivers and lakes are ready to move.

Whether it is time or place, this incident coincides with the day when Yu Shu entered Beijing, so he must not suspect that this matter has anything to do with her.

If this is the case, then it is not a trivial matter that can be solved casually, although this Taehyung Chamber of Commerce only occupies the middle of the capital, but there is indeed a figure behind it.

Yu Shu didn't show her head on Qiu Guifang, Xue Rui didn't know which street she was in, so she was not in a hurry, and after finishing the day's business early in the middle of the afternoon, she went to Baichuan Academy.

Knowing where the little monk is, are you afraid that you can't find where the temple is?

Xue Rui came at just the right time, and not long after, he saw the students end of class, and a bunch of half-grown children walked out of the library talking and laughing.

It has been almost half a year since Xue Rui last saw Yu Xiaoxiu, but fortunately, the child's appearance has not changed, and he recognized it at a glance.

But Yu Xiaoxiu listened to the people around him, and didn't notice Xue Rui on the other side of the street, and he still heard someone calling his name, so he looked up.

"Minor repairs."

Yu Xiaoxiu saw the young man who shouted at him not far away, recognized the person, was dumbfounded, the boss with his mouth open, he never thought that after such a long time, he almost forgot that such a person would see this face in the capital.

"Cao, Brother Cao?"

Xue Rui smiled, looked at the surprised face of the child on the other side of the road, and thought: She really didn't mention him to this child.

Yu Shu has been nesting at home for several days, because she has something to do, she doesn't think it takes a long time, and she doesn't make much progress with the easy-to-learn method of finding lost property, but this does not prevent her from researching enthusiastically, and she often buries her head in the table for half a day, and she is not as diligent as she is in hatching eggs.

Jingchen is better than her, although she also holds those Taoist books all day long and reads them, and she never leaves her hand, but when it is time to eat, she will go to the big house on time to call her, and the two of them eat and wash the dishes, and then go back to each room to continue to work.

Hearing a knock on the door in the yard, Jingchen clasped the book downward, got up and went outside to open the door, and as soon as he pulled the bolt of the door, Yu Xiaoxiu squeezed in and closed the door with his backhand.

"Where's my brother?"

Jing Chen pointed to the big house, watched Yu Xiaoxiu hurriedly run in, and then closed the door of the house, Jing Chen was surprised by his abnormal behavior, but he didn't think much about it, turned around and went back to the room to continue reading.

Yu Shu was grabbing a charcoal pen that was about to reach his head and drawing a parabola on the paper, and Yu Xiaoxiu ran into the house.

"Sister!"

"I'm back." Yu Shu didn't raise his head.

"Sister, I saw Brother Cao."

"Huh," Yu Shu drew two more strokes and turned his head suddenly, "What are you talking about?" ”

Yu Xiaoxiu then told Yu Shu about Xue Rui going to the library to find him, and complained later: "Sister, why don't you tell me, Brother Cao is also in the capital, I saw him today, and I didn't have any preparation, so I was so scared." ”

Yu Shu's face was embarrassed, she didn't mean to hide it from Yu Xiaoxiu, but she didn't want to have anything to do with Xue Rui at first, so she didn't tell him, and then the two got closer, and I didn't know what Lu Dao told him.

"I'm going to tell you in two days," Yu Shu fooled him and asked strangely, "Did he go to you and tell you?" ”

"Oh, yes!" Yu Xiaoxiu patted his head and stretched out his hand to pull her, "Go quickly, Brother Cao is waiting for you outside the alley, he said that he has something to say to you." ”

"Huh? You brought him here? Yu Shu stood up in surprise.

Yu Xiaoxiu flattened his mouth and said: "What else do you say, I don't know how much I said, so I asked him to wait outside, and didn't ask him to come to the house with him, otherwise he would see Brother Jing, I see how you explain it." ”

Yu Xiaoxiu didn't mean anything else by saying this, but out of reasonableness, he felt that it was not good for Cao Zixin to know that his sister was a girl living in the same courtyard with a man unmarried and unmarried.

In this regard, Yu Shu has other ideas, Xue Rui is very shrewd, and when he sees Jing Chen, he will definitely have some suspicions, Jing Chen's affairs are not good for too many people to know, so it is better not to make extraneous branches.

"Good job," Yu Shu patted him on the shoulder, "Then I'll go out and talk to you when I get back." ”

"Well, you go quickly, save him and come over later."

Yu Xiaoxiu urged her, Yu Shu held the charcoal for a long time, and his black hands were not washed, so he ran out of the alley, and when he went out to look at the alley, he saw Xue Rui's conspicuous figure dressed in brocade.

Xue Rui also saw her and waved his hand at her, Yu Shu walked over quickly, and beat him with him:

"How did you find the door?"

Xue Rui hadn't seen her for a few days, and now he looked at someone, looked at it twice, and then pointed behind him, "I have something to ask you, it's inconvenient to say here, my car is parked on the street in front." ”

Yu Shu thought that he was going to ask her to answer the matter of going to the restaurant to help him with some business, so he followed him, who wanted to get into the carriage, his first sentence was to say:

"I haven't asked you carefully, how did you get from Yiyang to Anling?"

Yu Shu blinked, "Didn't I tell you, I hired a few dart masters to send us to Beijing." ”

Xue Rui stared at her face for a while, and suddenly spoke: "Then how did you get into trouble with the Taiheng Chamber of Commerce?" ”

Yu Shu's heart suddenly burst into his heart, and he frowned: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Xue Rui knew that if he didn't understand, this girl wouldn't tell him the truth, so he told her bluntly: "The people from the Taiheng Chamber of Commerce are inquiring about your whereabouts, do you know the way?" ”

Yu Shu's face changed at this time, Xue Rui kept looking at her, catching the panic in her expression, frowning, since he knew her, he had mostly seen her laughing and laughing, and he had never seen her fearful, what was it that would make her lose her temper.

Yu Shu listened to Xue Rui's words and knew that the worst thing had happened in Lu Dao - in front of the tavern that day, Qiu Biao recognized her.

"If there is anything, you might as well speak out and discuss it with me, and I can help you think of a way."

Xue Rui's tone was steady and reassuring, Yu Shu heard this, his mind was settled, and after a little consideration, he decided to confess to Xue Rui, now is not the time for her to be reckless alone, since Bi Qing and Qiu Biao found her, they will definitely not let her go, instead of hoping that they can't find her, it is better to strike first and find a way to end that group of people to prevent future troubles.

In this way, it is of course best to have a helper like Xue Rui.

Thinking about the severity, she licked her lips and lowered her voice:

"Do you remember Mr. Pei of the Taehyung Chamber of Commerce? In June of this year, Xiao Xiu and I left from Yiyang, and thanks to his favor, we caught up with the caravan entering Beijing, and the merchant who led the caravan at that time was named Bi Qing, and the captain of the guard was named Qiu Biao. Clear