The people suffer from lack of salt, and even before cooking, let the vegetable leaves rub the salt grains, so that even if they add salt, they can barely eat it.

Hearing these words, Liu Yichen also took pity on those people. At this time, Cao Shilang wore a vermilion official robe and walked over with a black official hat.

He looked at Liu Yichen and smiled slightly. "My lord, the guests from the capital have arrived in Tianzhou today, and the villain has to go to receive them, and he is out of company."

Liu Yichen straightened up politely and said loudly. "My lord, I've troubled you a lot, and I'm already sorry to go, it's so polite."

With that, he and Song Zhiyao both walked slowly and followed him to the door. The master changed into a blue and cyan placket.

On his back hung a piece of jade with colorful glitter. Song Zhiyao's eyes were sharp, and she recognized that the jade pendant was the one she gave to Mrs. Cao.

Cao Shilang said two more words to the master and kicked him again. The master left respectfully, with a flattering smile on his face, and took the reins of the horse.

Liu Yichen watched them go away and returned to the room. "Yao'er, come out with me." The two of them went around to the path at the back door and walked down the path.

They walked for a long time before they reached the bustling street market. Liu Yichen walked into the shop he saw yesterday again, and asked the shopkeeper curiously.

"Shopkeeper, what did you queue up to buy here yesterday?" The shopkeeper looked at the two of them with a look of surprise. "You two, where did you come from?"

Song Zhiyao looked at the shopkeeper and asked suspiciously. "We are naturally Dongsheng's people." The shopkeeper then replied. "Yesterday was the day of selling salt."

Liu Yichen looked at the store, even a piece of white tofu had to be sold for a penny, which showed that there was a shortage of salt grains, and even the price of brine was expensive.

The two of them bought some cloth and medicinal herbs in the shop again, and Liu Yichen tried to ask. "Shopkeeper, is there so little salt?"

Before Liu Yichen could react, his mouth was covered by the shopkeeper. "Don't talk nonsense, let the spies hear, and it's over if you get into the yamen."

Song Zhiyao also turned her head and looked at the people around her, all of them looked very panicked and frightened, pulling Liu Yichen, and the two walked out slowly.

The two of them, walking in the bustling street market, bored wandering. I always feel that behind me, there seems to be a cold gaze staring at me.

The two of them circled several times, and then came to the weeping willow by the water. The two men turned sideways and looked to the side to make sure there was no one around.

Song Zhiyao pressed against Liu Yichen's ear and said vigilantly. "Xianggong, the things on the salt mountain must be greasy, so let's go and see it."

Listening to her words, Liu Yichen nodded. "Yao'er, you're right, but there's no need to go to Yanshan, let's go to the market on the other side."

The two of them walked by the river, and after a while, they arrived at the Tianzhou Bridge. They mingled with the people passing by, crowded together, and walked forward.

Suddenly, a big white horse, with a gust of wind, came running. The horse's hooves clattered through the crowd and disappeared into the city.

Song Zhiyao was almost trampled on by the horse's hooves, hurriedly lowered her body, and looked at the figure, as if it was the master, with a towering and broad back.

The two of them crossed the bridge and entered the shop behind the bridge. It's full of herbs and flowers. The two of them walked slowly and cautiously around them.

At noon, the two sat down in a small shop and ordered a bowl of ice crystal fragrant fruit. The two ate together, tasting the fragrance, and the tip of their tongues was sweet.

Song Zhiyao recalled the direction of the figure, and it seemed that it was in the direction of Caofu. "Xianggong, that person just now is Master Cao Shilang."

Liu Yichen looked at her and smiled leisurely. "Yao'er, you're right, this master, delicate and cunning, will follow us when he comes out."

Hearing this, her eyes widened, and her almond mouth opened slightly. "Xianggong, but Yao'er was scared to death, but he didn't do anything to harm me."

Liu Yichen explained kindly while eating fragrant fruits. "Yao'er, he just fell for the plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, the two brothers are ready."

Listening to Liu Yichen's explanation, Song Zhiyao was ignorant, but she also knew the general situation of the matter, changed into green clothes, and went to Cao's mansion in disguise.

By this time, it was already overcast. They walked to the door, stretched out their hands, and knocked on the door. After a while, the door opened.

A maid walked out, looked at the two of them, and bowed. Smiled. "Mrs. Cao is sick, so the slave family will receive two distinguished guests."

Song Zhiyao looked at the maid, wearing a blue placket on her upper body, a lilac skirt underneath, a beautiful goose egg face, and a soft smile.

Liu Yichen made a look, and the two walked into the threshold together. The maid led the two into a spacious room.

The two stayed in the room, looking into the distance. "Xianggong, where are those two brothers hiding?" Liu Yichen stretched out his finger and pointed to the vine grass outside.

Song Zhiyao looked there, and a figure scurried over and went to the back garden. "Xianggong, we should also follow now."

Liu Yichen pursed his lips and whispered. "Anyway, those two don't move, let's eat something first and listen carefully to the wind."

After a while, the maid brought another plate of pastries for the two of them to eat. Liu Yichen sniffed with his nose and felt that something was wrong.

He pretended to chew on it, and took the opportunity to spit the residue aside. After a while, it was dark and the rain was falling.

Liu Yichen patted Song Zhiyao and whispered. "Yao'er, move quickly, it seems that Mrs. Cao has been alerted to us and is drugged here."

The two of them put on their tights, their feet upside down, and walked softly in the lobby. After a while, they found a remote side door.

The small wooden door, with the wind blowing, flowed down with water droplets. "Xianggong, let's go out from here, it seems that no one is there, and go to the place last night."

Liu Yichen looked left and right, this small wooden door was too obvious, it was very likely that Mrs. Cao and them deliberately misled their direction.

On the steps upstairs, there was a gust of wind and bursts of dead leaves. In the dark corner behind, there was the faint sound of thumping footsteps.

Liu Yichen immediately made a decision and took Song Zhiyao upstairs. When I got to the roof, I found that there was a slope going down.

The two of them hugged the slope and went up to the beam. Looking at Mrs. Cao's room, a red light flickered, shining a shadow.

Song Zhiyao's eyes widened, staring at the shadow carefully, always feeling that this body shape was shorter than Mrs. Cao, and it also looked much thinner.

Liu Yichen grabbed her and said carefully. "This roof is slippery, so don't fall over." The two of them went down to the other side of the house.

As a result, they found another figure in the window on the other side. The figure shook in the light, and disappeared after a while.

The more Liu Yichen thought about it, the more wrong he felt in his heart. "If it's just one person, there shouldn't be two shadows, maybe there are two impostors in that room."

Thinking of this, he pulled Song Zhiyao, hugged the slope, jumped onto a big tree, and landed smoothly from the trunk with a few agile strokes.

At this time, in the wet grass on one side, a figure ran out, it was Xiong Li. He shouted in a panic. "My lord, it's not good, my eldest brother is gone."

Liu Yichen calmly grabbed him and asked. "What's going on?" Xiong Li said anxiously. "The two of us, went to the rockery, and he disappeared."

The rain was getting louder and louder, and Liu Yichen decided to go to that place. They went to the tunnel, only to find that it was already blocked.

In the rain curtain, the swarthy rockery looks even taller. Liu Yichen crossed his heart. "If you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger."

The three of them, one holding a wooden stick in his hand, turned sideways, and turned around in the gap of the rockery. It took half an hour before I got there.

It's just that this flat land is empty. The sound of the wind was blowing on the bamboo branches, and a few people cautiously ran inside, listening attentively to the movements around them.

Suddenly, Song Zhiyao heard the woman muttering. "Good husband, just be patient for a while, those people are really entangled."

She vaguely felt that the voice was not far away from her. "Don't be, lady, I really feel bad when I see you being cheaped by that dog official."

At this time, Liu Yichen also heard the voice. He gestured, and the three of them fell silent together. "Husband, without further ado, we must hurry."

There was a sharp sound in the bamboo forest, and a figure climbed onto the bamboo pole, jumped his body, and disappeared into the distance in an instant. The three of them followed the direction of the voice.

Xiong Li heard the sound behind the bamboo and grabbed it. Caught a woman's leg. "Who are you, hiding here?"

The woman struggled for a while, Song Zhiyao and Liu Yichen, the two of them suppressed her. "Don't touch me, I'm Mrs. Cao, stay away from me."

Liu Yichen's body was also covered with a lot of dirty soil. "Since you are Madame Cao, where has my brother gone? And that person is the master! ”

As soon as the words fell, Mrs. Cao was silent. "The slave begs you, no matter what your relationship with Cao Shilang is, just don't talk nonsense."

Mrs. Cao led them to the depths of the bamboo forest and found Hou Qu. His body was tied up, and he fell asleep in a daze.

Xiong Li looked at Hou Qu like that, and his heart was anxious and angry. "What's the matter with you? I made my good brother look like this. ”

Mrs. Cao smiled helplessly. "This is my life, since he didn't find out about my husband, so naturally, I fainted with medicine."

After waiting for a while, I woke up. "What the hell is going on?" Song Zhiyao and Liu Yichen, the two untied the rope, took them, and walked back together.

Mrs. Cao took a few people to a remote wooden house. "This place is very secluded, and the slave family says everything they want to say, please don't be surprised."

It turned out that Mrs. Cao was also a wealthy family back then, and some people came to contact them to do private salt, but her father refused.

And Cao Shilang skillfully deceived her and married her. used her family's money to make friends with the salt envoys, and bribed the imperial history of the imperial court.

At that time, she also felt wrong. The entire city of Tianzhou, leaning on the salt mountain, is the salt of the imperial court, but the salt is becoming more and more difficult to buy.

There is a master bookkeeper named Haibin, who once approached Mrs. Cao and wanted to report the fraud to the emperor and let the court investigate it strictly.

Speaking of this, Mrs. Cao's eyes widened and she waved her hands. "The slave family has never seen human blood, and until that time, I will never forget it for the rest of my life."

It was a dark night, and there was silence all around. Only her and the sea master were left, and the two looked at each other speechlessly, not knowing how to answer.

Mrs. Cao also knew about changing the account book, but no matter what happened, she was always her husband, and she still didn't dare to say it.

She looked solemnly at the sea master's book, as if choked in her throat. Suddenly, with a pop, a steaming stream of blood spurted onto her cheek.

Mrs. Cao was so frightened that she was about to shout, but Cao Shilang covered her lips. "You little, I've never seen this scene."

The corpse on the ground, his face was pale and blue, his legs trembled a few times, and he didn't move. "You didn't say anything, little lady."

Mrs. Cao nodded, holding back her fear. "Xianggong, the slave family is that kind of people, such wicked people, they deserve to die, die happily."

A few of the housekeepers came and took off the corpse, took off its clothes, and threw it into the fire. The raging fire burned people in a short time.

The whole mansion was filled with an aura of terror, and it was so deadly silent. It's just that none of the rest dared to speak casually.

Soon, there was less and less salt. The people had no choice but to take their donkeys and try their best to go to the surrounding towns to get some salt.