Xiao Er finally sent the strong man away, and let out a long sigh. "My lord, this salt is hard to buy, it is more expensive than gold."

Liu Yichen picked up the ground salt and put it in his mouth to taste it. The smell is not like private salt, the saltiness is just right, and there is a faint fragrance.

He looked around thoughtfully. "I'm really sorry to trouble you shopkeeper." He drove the carriage quickly and returned to the prison.

Xiao was in there, just cross-legged, silently muttering something at the corner of his mouth, his eyes closed. They walked over and asked in a loud voice.

"We asked about the Wang family's shop in the east of the city, but that shop, only that bit of salt, how can it sell you a thousand catties at once?"

Xiao slowly raised his eyelids and smiled. "It's just a little girl, I bought it in parts, and the salt was not in short supply at that time, but now it's worth it."

Liu Yichen looked at her, and also deduced her motive, which was to delay time. "You woman, Cao Shilang has already said it."

Xiao's heart trembled slightly, and it returned to its original state in an instant. "My lord, the little woman only speaks the truth, and the person is dying, and her words are good."

Song Zhiyao looked at her and said helplessly. "Xiao, the matter of private salt is not trivial, don't resist stubbornly."

The two of them talked for a long time, and Xiao smiled. "The little woman has already recited the scriptures to overtake herself, and she is really anxious to wait for that knife."

Seeing that Xiao Shi was soft and hard and didn't eat, the two of them were angry. "Even without your confession, we can find out the truth of the matter."

Shaw blinked, his lips squirming slightly. "My lord, the little woman remembered wrongly, she bought it from the Sun Kee shop in the northwest corner of the city."

Looking at her mouth, another Sun Ji shop appeared, and the two shook their heads. "You are so helpless that you make up stories."

Xiao just leaned back, closed his eyes tightly, and slammed the back of his head back with all his might. "Click!" There was a loud bang, and the flail fell.

Blood spurted from her forehead and she fell to the ground in an instant. Liu Yichen looked at her and was anxious. "Hurry up and call Lang Zhong."

Song Zhiyao hugged Xiao, her sharp nails scratched her twice at first, scratching her clothes. After half a pillar of incense, it didn't move.

Looking at her miserable appearance, Song Zhiyao gulped into her lips and breathed. Stretching out a slender little hand, he squeezed her manchum violently.

After a while, two Lang Zhong came over and carefully put Xiao Shi on the restraint. Touching her pulse, it took a while before he spoke.

"My lord, there is still a trace of gas, but it is only rescued with medicine, and it may not be able to live." Liu Yichen hurriedly instructed. "Anyway, bring her back to life."

The two Lang Zhong carried Xiao Shi to a closed room, pasted the wound with ointment, boiled the decoction, and poured it into her mouth.

Liu Yichen called a few more guards and ordered. "Guard this room well, don't let anything happen." The two of them, gone again, went out.

Song Zhiyao looked at everything and felt very uncomfortable in her heart. "Let the woman die a painful death, and she will not have to suffer a sin, but only pay for her life."

Listening to her words, Liu Yichen replied. "The important thing now is to let her confess the source of the salt, which is a matter for thousands of households."

The two of them returned to their residence together, and the weather was surprisingly hot. Song Zhiyao felt hungry and thirsty, rubbing her little face and said.

"Xianggong, Yao'er is really thirsty, can you make Yao'er a cup of tea?" Liu Yichen poured two cups of tea, and the two of them sat together, sipping tea.

Liu Yichen looked at her and said slowly. "Yao'er, I know what you're thinking, it's just that they are angry and resentful of such things."

Song Zhiyao was stunned for a while, and then laughed. "Xianggong, this woman is really an infatuated person, but she has no conscience and is chaotic."

The two of them drank tea and enjoyed the cold moonlight, talking and laughing. "I don't know that Cao Shilang will inevitably move outside."

Thinking of this, Liu Yichen's heart became more and more solemn. "He is active outside, and those private salts are harming the people, and my heart will not be at peace for a day."

The two of them didn't go back to bed until it was about to dawn. Liu Yichen's eyes widened alone, looking at the sky, thoughtful.

"Don't worry about this yet, if this woman wakes up, she will also have grace and power, and let her confess, so that it is good."

The two of them took Hou Qu Xiong Li, and after breakfast, they drove the carriage to the northwest corner of the city. "This must be the place, let's go down."

The Sun Ji shop, which is more gorgeously decorated than the previous Wang Ji shop. Liu Yichen walked in and looked at the goods in the house.

The two juniors greeted the four of them attentively. "What do you want to buy, this guest officer?" Liu Yichen took out the token and said to them majestically.

"Everyone, I am the imperial brother of the dynasty, I came down to investigate the case, I want to see your shopkeeper." The two juniors knelt heavily on the ground.

"Adult, the little one is rude, it's just the shopkeeper, and he's still running the goods outside." Saying that, he led a few people to a room together, and served tea and snacks.

Song Zhiyao looked at the gorgeous decorations around it, but there were not many guests, and asked curiously. "Xianggong, why would this be."

Liu Yichen replied while eating a snack. "Yao'er, don't think so much about it first, wait until the shopkeeper comes, and we'll talk about it in detail."

At noon, the sun was shining brightly outside the window. A few shopkeepers led the shopkeeper Sun. "Adult, the little one is late."

Liu Yichen looked at him and stretched out his hand to help him up. "It's okay, we're not here to check on you, we just want to ask a few little things."

Shopkeeper Sun looked at him with a respectful smile. "The little ones know how much, they don't dare to miss a word, and they don't dare to say half a lie."

Liu Yichen said with a smile. "That's fine, remember the Xiao from the silk shop over there? She has been to your shop, what did she buy? ”

Shopkeeper Sun replied. "I don't stay in the store very often, I rarely see her, I remember buying some salt, spices, fat powder."

Several people asked him with solemn eyes. "Are you serious?" Shopkeeper Sun looked at them and nodded respectfully, for fear of saying the wrong thing.

Liu Yichen then looked at the goods on the counter. Each one of them is high-end and very beautiful. Grab the spices, the smell is refreshing.

He walked all the way to the corner and saw the salt piled up over there. "You sell salt here, how much does it sell in a day? How much did she buy? ”

Shopkeeper Sun hurriedly ran over and pointed to the salt. "My lord, I can't sell at most fifty or sixty catties a day, and I have to have dozens of customers."

Liu Yichen turned his head and smiled. "It's just that she told me that the hundreds of catties of salt in the cellar at home were all bought in installments from the shopkeeper."

Shopkeeper Sun hurriedly argued. "It's absolutely impossible, the small shop only does the business of the rich and noble, even if it buys salt every day, it is impossible to have these."

Several of them searched for a long time in the shop, but they did not find any illegal salt. "I'm just bothering you, in a few days, please come to the court to testify."

They explained to Shopkeeper Sun for a long time before Shopkeeper Sun put his heart down. "I didn't expect things to be like this, it's a pity, what a good offspring."

When they returned to the county office, it was already evening. The prefectural magistrate stepped forward and looked at them. "Xiao's injury has now stabilized."

Liu Yichen said with a smile. "It's good to stabilize, and when I am conscious, I will personally ascend to the court, try her case, and give justice to the shopkeeper."

Hearing this, the county magistrate also said regretfully. "That woman is also handsome and beautiful, but she didn't expect to do such a thing, and the small county was also uncomfortable."

Liu Yichen walked into the room where Xiao was being held, her head wrapped in a delicate white cloth with blood stains. His eyes were closed, and he let out a long sigh.

"Why did you save me?" Her voice was hoarse, and she opened her eyes, which were bloodshot red. "The slave family is freed, and it is convenient for everyone."

Song Zhiyao sat beside her, gently stroking her hair. "We pity you too, but the truth must be told in the hall."

Xiao Shi turned his head to look at Song Zhiyao, and sighed at the corner of his mouth. "I see, after saying this, can you give the slave family a good time?"

Liu Yichen persuaded her on the side. "How can this be, as long as you tell the truth of the matter, we will work together for the county order and intercede for you."

Xiao looked around for a long time, his eyelids drooping. "It was the slave family who was fascinated by the ghost to do such a thing, but I still want to see the children of the slave family."

Liu Yichen coaxed her and said very kindly. "We're going to pick it up." After a while, they drove the carriage back to the shop.

The soldiers guarding the shops have been withdrawn. It's empty, and it's scary. "Where's the kid?" They were looking for it together.

Next to a garbage dump in the backyard, Xiao's child was found. He was dressed in rags and munched on the leftovers on one side.

Seeing a few people, the corners of the child's mouth spit out the filthy fish bones, with tears in his eyes. "My lord, can you see my mother?" Several of them carried the children and got into the carriage.

Song Zhiyao looked at this cute little child, and also felt very distressed, helped him wipe off his nose, and held a warm silk cloth and hugged him.

"This kid is really innocent, it's really painful for him." Several of them brought the child to Xiao, and when they saw each other, they hugged each other and cried.

The two cried for a long time, Xiao hugged the child and said gently. "Child, my mother will go out to see my father tomorrow, and you will stay here."

The child's innocent eyes widened and he nodded ignorantly. The next morning, Liu Yichen sat in the hall, and the officials on the side shouted in unison.

Xiao knelt under the hall, and the shopkeepers behind him also knelt down together. She looked at the people behind her, her face full of shame and apology.

"I'm really sorry for the trouble." She straightened up and said word by word. "The salt hidden in the ground was given to me by Cao Shilang."

The eyes around her were all staring at her, and she looked around, mustered up her courage, and said to them generously. "If you don't want people to know, unless you don't do it, my father-in-law has found out about it."

The people on the side sighed in their hearts. "I didn't expect such a slender and beautiful woman to do such a thing, but she was like no one."

She continued. "My father-in-law doesn't have any good way, he doesn't want that ugly thing to be exposed, but he keeps persuading me."

Song Zhiyao looked at her, and she also understood her suffering. "Women are like this, trapped by love." She continued.

"The slave family went to ask Cao Shilang, but he just shook his head and was silent, and the slave family didn't know what to do, maybe it was fate."

Her voice grew faster and faster, and her face flushed. "That night, he came to the slave's house again and flirted with the slave's family."

"Seeing that the slave husband is about to come back, the slave family has a ghost in his heart, and he has evil thoughts, and the two of them are ambushed by the door, ready to start."

As she spoke, tears flowed from the corners of her eyes. The beautiful pupils, in the light of the morning sun, reflected the black and beautiful light.

Looking at Xiao's pitiful appearance, Liu Yichen was embarrassed and continued to try the case. "Retire and retry another day." The officials led the treasurers away.

Song Zhiyao pulled her into the room, and she said with a smile. "Send that child home, I'll follow you, okay?"

When they looked back at the child, it was a daughter. It's just a boy. "She was adopted by us from the countryside."