In a small house in the backyard of Shengping on Jinyuan Street in Huo Cheng, a simple map of Huo Cheng was spread out on the table, and several men sitting around had frost on their faces.

On the map, from the north gate of Huocheng, from north to south, eight red circles are drawn with cinnabar pens and marked with dates, and the red circles seem to be led by an invisible line, winding down, stopping near the Xiaozhou Mansion in Xinan.

"Five days ago, the sixth prince was here to engage with the Qingyuan merchant guards who were tracking, killed one and wounded two or three people...... Our brother has been embellished, but he found out, and he dumped him after the fight......"

Pointing to Puning Lane away from Xinan, an ordinary-looking horse-faced man smiled wryly and stretched his face longer. That night, they almost caught Xiao Hong, but they didn't dare to bump him, so they let people slip away.

The chubby tall shopkeeper's eyebrows were twisted into a pimple.

When the Xiao family stays until they are twelve or thirteen years old, they will be driven out of Yunzhou by Jing Guogong, and they will stay outside for two or three years, and they will say that it is a trial for the child. And the horse-faced man and his other companion were secretly guarded to ensure safety after Xiao Hong set off.

Yunzhou is where Xiaozong placed the Xiao family, with Youyan in front and Anshun in the back, which seems to keep the Xiao family from staying away from Yanzhou, where the family used to live, and hiding safely behind the border, but in fact it is the pattern of being raised in an urn.

Therefore, the rules for exercising children that have only emerged in the Xiao family's generation are understood in the hearts of the old people who are trusted by Jingguo, but every once in a while, one or two children who are old enough to survive independently will be put outside, so that they will not die in the nest.

"Now, the Yan Realm has been occupied by barbarians again. The days in Yunzhou are getting more and more difficult......", the shopkeeper Gao sighed. He pretended to be clever and found a reason for Xiao Hongnan to come: "Madame's most painful thing is this young son, I think I think Jiangnan is more stable." Let the sixth son come. If there is a ...... in Yunzhou"

The unlucky words were immediately swallowed by the high shopkeeper, and he knew that everyone present understood that if something happened to the prince of Jingguo and the prince Xiao Yuan, Xiao Hong, the sixth son of the concubine, should be the heir of the Xiao family in Yunzhou according to the rules.

Duchess Xu of Jingguo is a much-loved mother of her subordinates, extremely observant of her duties in the back house, gentle and virtuous, with two sons and one daughter under her knees, and the son and eldest lady Xiao Wan are older and are well raised. And Xiao Hong, who was born a few years later, has been Xu's pampered baby since he was a child because he was born prematurely.

The old man of the Xiao family can count the disputes between the Xu family and Xiao Rui, all for Xiao Hong.

Such an unconscious little ancestor suddenly came to Jiangnan, and he tossed out a series of bloody cases, which really gave these loyal Xiao family subordinates a headache.

"The sixth prince should make another move, let's wait for the opportunity to use more manpower to catch him?" , the horse-faced man made a suggestion in a deep voice.

Xiao Hong went south, he followed all the way, and he was clear about the grudge between Xiao Hong and the Qingyuan merchants.

In Pingzhou, the disc was entangled in the flower group. Xiao Hong, who had to break the temple to live in, thought that he was planning to take a downwind boat to Jiangnan, so when those slave traders said at the ferry that they were buying people to work in Jiangnan, they raised their hands high.

It's just that the handsome appearance hidden in the mud can't be deceived. When he arrived in Qingyuan, Xiao Hong was selected and assigned to the team to be sold in front of the prostitutes.

The horse face who has been following at the moment is anxious, not for Xiao Hong's safety. It's for the anger he doesn't know when.

The Xiao family in Yunzhou knows that there are some jokes that cannot be played with Xiao Hong.

In the fifteenth year of Yongde, Xiao Hong, who returned to Yunzhou from Luojing, changed his temperament greatly. Gradually ruthless, killing on a large scale. Some of the guards in the know had told the brothers in private. It was because the sixth prince was pinched in the face by the eunuch Lu beside Xiaozong in Luojing and said that he looked like a woman, which made Xiao Hong angry and changed his temperament.

In the process of the slave trade, although the unscrupulous merchants who bought people at a good price did not really touch the young people in the ranks, they still had the frivolous behavior of verbal insults and pinching their faces and touching their buttocks.

At that time, the horse face mixed with the refugees had already recited the death mantra for those people in advance, but he didn't want to kill people as soon as he arrived at the gate of Huocheng, Xiao Hong, who didn't want to endure it.

Ma Yan estimated Xiao Hong's performance in Yunzhou, and intuitively felt that there might be two or three more deaths, just about the same.

"The sixth prince should have an injury on his body, and he hasn't appeared for a few days, could it be that he is hiding to recuperate? It's better to find it early. The other squinting guard who came with the horse's face whispered an objection.

Hiding to recuperate? Where will they hide?

The high shopkeeper, who barely acted as the head snake of the local land, picked up the map and looked at it again and again, his eyes glued to the outline of the Xiaozhou Mansion in Xinan, and he couldn't let go.

The little golden dog that came thousands of miles from Yunzhou back then jumped in front of him with a residual image.

"Back up the generous gifts, find someone who is willing to ship and let them pass on a message, let's go to the Zhou Mansion to meet the old Zhou Xian." , Shopkeeper Gao gritted his teeth and made a decision, and said: "The safety of the sixth prince is now the first place, and it is better to find it as soon as possible." Otherwise, even if we slaughter Huo Cheng, we won't be able to afford to pay for it if we wipe our necks together! ”

A few of his subordinates gave up their promises and were about to go out, when one of the tent was dressed up and stopped by the high shopkeeper.

"And Xue Jinjun, the big man in Pingzhou who took Hao Cripple to set up a friendship the day before yesterday, also went to hand over a post. I went to talk to him with a few familiar shopkeepers, and asked him to mobilize the caravans of the slave traders and leave Huocheng early. ”

After thinking about it again and again, the shopkeeper Gao was still determined to pinch out the root cause of Xiao Hong's murder first.

Hao Cripple is another person in charge of the Xiao family's establishment of a store in Pingzhou, it is said that when he first arrived in Pingzhou, the local businessman Xue Jinjun provided a lot of help, so Hao Cripple mentioned to him that if he encountered trouble in Hezhou, he could find the sworn brother of Shengping for help.

It's just that when Xue Jinjun came to the door the day before yesterday, the shopkeeper Gao just coped with yin and yang. Because Xue came to Huocheng from Qingyuan this time to collect the body and chase the murderer.

The third brother of the Xue family was the one who was killed by Xiao Hong at the north gate of the city.

As soon as the proposal to drive away the Qingyuan slave caravan that caused trouble and affected business, it suddenly won the collective approval of the merchants who honestly do legitimate business on weekdays.

A hula-la-pulled team hurriedly blocked the door of the largest auspicious inn in Huocheng......

"Just lost your business for nothing and left Huocheng? Who will dare to do business with us in the future! ”

Sending away a dozen or so big local businessmen in Huocheng who had been entangled repeatedly, a young businessman threw his cup angrily. Red glared at Xue Jinjun, who was still smiling.

'Xue Da, you also invested in this business. Now that the dead are dead, they have lost their goods and lost their face. How can you just go? Doubts instantly followed.

Since Xiao Hong killed people at the North Gate, many people who were trafficked in took advantage of the chaos to escape, although most of them were caught, but a few still disappeared.

Recently, they have been hunting for murderers all over the city, to find murderers and to chase goods.

Xue Jinjun waved his hand and shouted: "My family Jinxi is also dead!" It's just that nothing can be done, how are you doing? Wait until the government and the Zhou clan come to drive people out. It's even more troublesome. I told everyone early on that traffickers are just trying to make short-term profits, and people are living creatures, and the risks are extremely high, so they can't be ...... for a long time."

A few old businessmen closed their mouths and sat down honestly to the side, only some red-eyed ones ignored it, and still deceived Xue Jinjun to pull their sleeves in front of him.

"Su'er!" , Xue Jinjun, who was extremely angry, roared and said, "Hold the silver box down." Our Xue family doubled their share! ”

"Great!" , The wooden floor slab rattled for a while, and a boy with a drooping hair ran down from the upstairs with a red lacquer box with a copper lock and stood beside Xue Jinjun.

The boy looked like he was only about ten years old. The eyebrows are clear and the nose is straight, the lips are red and the teeth are white, especially the eyes with a pair of lacquered eyes are full of aura. The soft hair spreads out on the side of the neck to block the looming eight-treasure Yingluo collar, and the elephant pole is a good wealth boy who has just stepped down from the bodhisattva's side.

I didn't look at the number of a few silver tickets. was grabbed out of the box by Xue Jinjun and poked straight at the tip of the nose of the person who yelled the most.

The fierce man just now. Instead, he took a step back, touched his nose, and laughed awkwardly.

Xue Jinjun's arm was held up by several elderly businessmen, and he kept comforting, saying: "Who doesn't know that Brother Xue is the most righteous and squandering money, and he is also the leader of the business, so why bother with these calves......

After a farce, the slave caravan immediately made the decision to leave Huocheng.

The news spread, and there was a burst of jubilation in the market, and the people of Huocheng, who were so harmed that they could not go out freely, breathed a sigh of relief.

In the quiet upper room of the Jixiang Inn, Xue Jinjun shook his head, sighed again and again, and said to the little boy in front of him: "Su'er, it's really a big loss to not stop your third uncle this time." Not to mention the death of people, but also to let outsiders know that our family has a role in this business, which affects the reputation. ”

The Xue family is a businessman and has always strived to be safe, and when they participated in the slave trade, they were actually pulled into the shares because they had a good relationship with the Pingzhou government and gangs along the river.

What's more, the Xue family also intends to move their business south away from the increasingly turbulent northland, and the slave trader is able to have a good relationship with the officials and businessmen along the road, and Xue Jinjun is also happy to support him.

And Xue San, who was young and had some bad habits, took the initiative to ask for help, and died in Huocheng, and Xue Jin, who had to come from Qingyuan to clean up after receiving the news, only felt physically and mentally exhausted.

"Daddy!" , The delicate and beautiful little boy smiled sweetly, stroked Xue Jinjun's tightly locked eyebrows with his little hand, and said, "Dad, the third uncle borrowed your money and silver to partner up with a friend to do business, and went astray, where do you have an air manager?" ”

Xue Jinjun's eyes lit up, rubbed the top of the child's hair, and said with a little regret: "It's a pity that my Su'er ......"

Xue Jinjun called a few servants to come up and gave him some careful instructions.

Then, after receiving his brother's corpse, the eldest brother of the Xue family was ashamed that Xue Jinxi's business was not on the table, and Tete released the people who had not yet been sold within Xue San's share, and also donated money and silver, and the news of helping refugees slowly spread in Huocheng.

A plain and elegant worship sticker was also sent to the gatehouse of Xiao Zhou's Mansion in Xinan, and then was sent to the Cultivating Heart Hall by Zhou Tan.

"Xue Jinjun is asking to see him with his son?"

"Daddy, what we rented in Fengjin was the house of this Pingzhou Xue businessman, and later that yard was given to his family." , Zhou Tan answered the old father's question respectfully and honestly.

The deliberately abandoned courtyard in Fengjin is a scar that the Zhou family can never forget.

Zhou Xian closed his eyes and muttered for a while, and said, "No matter what, the Zhou family must know kindness." You can arrange a time to come out and greet him for a feast. ”

Zhou Tan hurriedly nodded in response. He understood that his father was tired, and that being able to arrange for him to entertain him in this way had already given the merchant enough face.

"He also brought his son?" , Zhou Xian glanced at it again, made up a question, and said, "How old?" ”

Zhou Tan replied uncertainly according to the message from the porter: "It should be more than ten years old, right?" ”

Zhou Xian casually ordered: "Jing Yu, in this way, you can arrange a few more children of about the same age to accompany you!" (To be continued......)