Ye Qinyu was pregnant and sleepy, and when he woke up, it was already three poles in the morning, and Xue Chunyue was already gone, and he had to go back to the household department, so he should have left early in the morning.

She got out of bed in her clothes, and saw a letter from Xue Chunyue on the table, saying that he needed to go back to the yamen office, and he couldn't bear to wake her up so he left first, and told some words such as taking care of his body, and finally signed "Husband Chunyue". Ye Qinyu couldn't help but smile shyly when he saw this, he called him "husband" for the first time last night in order to hide his identity, and he never thought that he would actually take it to heart.

Xinyan soon came in to help her dress and wash, and the three of them all remembered Luo'an's affairs, and their hearts were like arrows, and they didn't even eat breakfast, so they brought a little dry food and wanted to go on the road.

Ye Qinyu stepped out of the inn with his front feet, and the shopkeeper had already trotted out all the way, "Madam, slow down!" ”

Ye Qinyu thought that he was forgetful during pregnancy and didn't pay the bill, so he looked at the shopkeeper suspiciously, "Shopkeeper, we should have settled the bill just now, right?" ”

The shopkeeper was full of smiles, saying yes again and again, and then quickly waved his hand and shook his head, all of which confused Ye Qinyu and the others.

"No, no, I'm not here to settle the bill, I took a closer look at it again when Xiao Er delivered food last night, and I am sure that Madame, you are really the girl who came with Lord Xue at the beginning, we do the inn business, and we still have some ability to recognize people, so we won't be mistaken."

Ye Qinyu lowered his eyes and nodded, "The shopkeeper has a good memory, a few years ago, Master Xue and I did come here often. ”

The shopkeeper slapped his thigh and said happily, "That's it, that's it!" ”

The shopkeeper thinks he is a smart person, and secretly pouts that the reason why she didn't admit it last night was because she was married now, and she naturally didn't want to admit that she had had an intimate relationship with other men in front of her husband.

"Madame, I do not mean to bring up the old story, but I have something to tell you, and I want to ask you for a favor. Please ...... in the house first."

Ye Qinyu couldn't, so he had to walk to the counter with the shopkeeper. I saw the shopkeeper bend down, look in the drawer for a while, and then take out a gold and jade earring, and solemnly handed it to Ye Qinyu.

Ye Qinyu took it, looked at it carefully for a long time, and was sure that it was not his own, and then asked Xinyan, Xinyan shook his head, so he put it back on the counter, "Shopkeeper, this is not our object, you admit that you are wrong." ”

"No, no, that's not what I meant...... This is indeed not Madame's belonging, but the belongings of Lord Xue who often come with Madame! ”

Xue Peiqi? How could he leave a woman's ornament at the inn?

"I think you're mistaken...... Lord Xue...... How could you carry a woman's earrings with you, I'm afraid they were left by other guests. ”

The shopkeeper was in a hurry, and hurriedly said, "It's really Lord Xue's!" But...... Is it Lord Xue's, or the woman who stayed with him...... I don't know...... Madam, I won't tell you, although there are a lot of customers in my small shop during the day, there are really few people staying in the hotel, because it is close to Changxing City, everyone rests here and then goes to live in a place with good conditions in the city. In those days, Lord Xue and the young lady's master and servant stayed in the hotel, and this object was cleaned up in Lord Xue's room, and it must be his belongings. ”

Ye Qinyu blushed suddenly, if she had never been involved before, she would never know the meaning behind this passage, but now that she has experienced so much, especially after Xue Chunyue is becoming more and more presumptuous, if she still doesn't understand, then she will be too stupid. It's common to have a romantic night and leave something behind.

But she thought about it, Xue Peiqi is also a righteous gentleman, how could he take a woman to stay in this wilderness and do such a reluctant? The credibility of the shopkeeper's words is questionable.

"Alas...... Strange to say, Lord Xue used to come to my small shop often, but he hasn't been here since that time, and he can't return it to him. I also sent the shopkeeper to send these earrings to the Xue Mansion, but the door of the Xue Mansion is very strict, and the doorman doesn't even give the word to the doorman without a visit, so I have to keep it first. ”

Ye Qinyu saw that he was sincere, and finally nodded, and guessed what he meant, "What do you mean by the shopkeeper, do you want to ask me to transfer it to him?" ”

The shopkeeper was happy again, "Exactly! Precisely! After all, this is the stuff of an official's family, and we don't dare to be greedy. Now Lord Xue may not remember it for a while, in case one day he remembers it and looks for it again, and we lose it again, so won't we be able to eat and walk away...... It's just that we villains can't see Lord Xue, hehe, Madam is Lord Xue's old friend after all, and it shouldn't be difficult to meet him...... Hey...... So, I beg my wife to pass it on to ......."

Ye Qinyu's face was embarrassed, she and Xue Peiqi had not seen each other for a long time, even if they saw each other again, I am afraid it would be inconvenient to pass on such objects. She is open-minded and has nothing to care about, but if Xue Peiqi feels that her affair is discovered by her, I am afraid she will not be happy.

Seeing this scene, Xue Cheng stepped forward and whispered beside Ye Qinyu, "Second lady, the second master in the mansion over there doesn't necessarily remember this thing, and even if he does, he won't care." This shopkeeper is just cowardly, worried that the second master will think that he stole it and come to the door to provoke. We might as well follow the meaning of the shopkeeper, keep it for the second master first, and return it to him when we have the opportunity in the future, and deal with it casually if we don't have a chance, I don't think there will be any big problem. Although this small shop is simple, it is located in the suburbs of Changxing City, and there are many pedestrians, and there will be more people for a while, in case someone recognizes our identity, it will be troublesome. ”

Ye Qinyu nodded yes, then took back the earrings and said goodbye to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper was very happy to see that this hidden trouble had finally been thrown out, and he sent them out with great gratitude.

The eastern capital of Luo'an is not far away, and it was originally more convenient to take the waterway, but Xue Chunyue changed his mind after seeing Su Yuming's letter, and felt that it was more likely to meet the two by land. Because Ye Cizhun escaped from the water twice, it is expected that he will not take the risk of taking a boat again, and it should be Luo'an who went by land.

After leaving the small shop on the outskirts of the city, I slowly entered the official road, and the vision on both sides gradually widened. Ye Qinyu looked at the rivers and wilderness on both sides through the window of the carriage, and the gloomy atmosphere of the past few days was finally swept away, and his mood gradually became more relaxed. was in a daze, and soon, Xinyan's self-talk pulled her thoughts back.

Xinyan carefully studied the earrings, and said suspiciously, "It's strange, looking at this handiwork and materials, it doesn't look like an ordinary person's thing, who will this friend of the second master be......"

Ye Qinyu smiled, "You are young, how many good things have you seen?" How do you know it's not an ordinary person's? ”

"I'm not afraid of the second lady's jokes, and I've really seen a lot of good things. My father is the second shopkeeper of the Xue family's pawnshop Ding Taixin, and I have been mixed with him in the pawnshop since I was a child, and even if I became the young master's personal maid, I will still help when I have time. Whether it is the rare treasures of the Western Regions or the precious fragrant wood of Tianzhu, I have seen a lot, and there are even more of these pearl and emerald jewelry. ”

Ye Qinyu looked at Xinyan in surprise, with a look of disbelief, it turned out that almost all the people around Xue Chunyue were hidden, it was because she had eyes and didn't know Mount Tai, so she was also curious, and continued to ask, "Then according to you, where does this look like something came from?" ”

"Honestly, it's like something in the palace."

"You've seen anything else in the palace?" Ye Qinyu was surprised again.

"Hi...... Second lady, you don't know, there are many emperors and grandsons who have played in Haizhou and lost their families, and we naturally have these things in Dingtaixin. ”

Ye Qinyu nodded suddenly, no wonder Xuecheng and Xinyan didn't care about Xue Peiqi having such jewelry, it turned out that the door of the Xue family's Ding Taixin was so wide, so it was really not surprising that they, the young masters of the Xue Mansion, had a few good things.

"I just don't know if this is what the second master is going to give away, or if someone else accidentally left it on him......"

Seeing that Xinyan was still studying the earring, Ye Qinyu couldn't help laughing, "Okay, no matter what, it's not something we should take care of." If you like these earrings, keep them for yourself, and if you don't like them, you'll find a place to throw them away. ”

Xin Yan was overjoyed, "In that case, the second lady gave it to me?!" ”

"No, it was sent to you by your second master Xue."

The master and servant suddenly burst into laughter and walked slowly in the scorching summer sun.

There was a reason why Xue Chunyue couldn't leave Beijing to accompany Ye Qinyu to Luo'an. Xue Chunyue and Ye Cizhun were in various places to evenly set up the people of the Xiangwang Mansion on a large scale, and finally attracted the attention of Emperor Hongyuan because of the civil strife in the prefecture.

According to Wei Shaoqing's investigation, although the direct cause of the civil strife in Guanzhou was instigated by King Xu, the root cause of the turmoil was the private teaching and acceptance of the rebel forces in Jingnan Province, which is also conclusive and beyond doubt. After Shen Yue was transferred to Jingnan Province as a transfer envoy, this matter was investigated to the bottom.

After Emperor Hongyuan got the latest list of people involved in the case, he was furious in the imperial study. Because according to Shen Yue's investigation, almost all the members of the former Jingnan Provincial Losing Division were involved in corruption, and almost all of the in-kind tribute taxes of Jingnan Province were embezzled, and the grain and product failures said by the imperial court in three days were a big lie!

No matter how large the value of the tribute tax in kind is, it must be exchanged for cash through trading, and the trading is indispensable to the figure of big merchants, what makes Emperor Hongyuan angry is that behind these big merchants, they all point to Xiangwangfu!

The owner of the Xiangwang Mansion, King Xiangjun, has nothing to hide no matter how low-key he is, and he is completely exposed to the eyes of the courtiers.

Involving the royal family, Shen Yue was helpless no matter how capable he was, so Emperor Hongyuan handed over the task of thoroughly investigating the case to Liu An, the prince of Zhongshu Lingjing.

King Jing has always been decisive, coupled with the impetus of King Xu, the case was investigated clearly within a month.

During his tenure in Taifu Temple, Ye Cizhun formed a party with Xiangwangfu for personal gain, took the opportunity of equalizing the equalization reform to install the eyes and ears of Xiangwangfu, and controlled the equalization division and leveling division of all provinces of the country from top to bottom, and then conspired to swallow the imperial court's tribute in kind, and then resold it through major firms to cash in his pocket.