Yuhua Street, Xue's house.

In front of the gatehouse, Xue Zhen looked at the eight brocade clothes who came to garrison one step in advance, and he was both a little panicked and a little envious in his heart.

Now even he knows that these captains wearing Sanshan wingless gauze hats and dark black partridge brocade clothes are no longer the dogs that everyone hated a few years ago.

Look at their majestic and proud and cold looks, which makes people feel majestic.

And what kind of demeanor should the commander of the brocade guard behind them, who was younger than him?

It didn't take long for more brocade-clothed riders to come from a distance, escorting a carriage as tall as a warm pavilion.

The carriage followed closely, and the people on the horse were dancing and talking about something, and laughed from time to time.

Who is not Xue Zhen's cousin Xue Pan?

For this cousin who is not stingy, Xue Pan is disdainful and admiring in his heart.

It's amazing that people can live to this point and be so happy.

Seeing that the team was getting closer and closer, the leader of the cavalry team even "discussed" with Xue Zhen and went into the front yard to set up defenses.

How could Xue Zhen have a chance to say no, and twenty brocade guards entered the gate of Xue's house and looked around to check the sentry.

Xue Zhen's face stiffened, fortunately, these people still have some rules, and they didn't say that they would go to the back house to set up defenses, otherwise he would have to theorize.

Fortunately, the main owner has finally arrived......

"Big Brother......

Xue Zhen first greeted Xue Pan who was still sitting on the horse and looked up and laughed, Xue Pan's big eyes like copper bells glanced at him, nodded, and chattered into the carriage again, but fortunately, a solemn and powerful girl's voice came from the car: "Xue Zhen is saying hello to you!" ”

Only then did Xue Pan turn around and say to Xue Zhen: "Lay the door panel, and the carriage will go directly to the second gate." ”

Xue Zhen hurriedly beckoned the servants to do it, and after laying the wooden planks on the stone steps of the platform, Youti rode the carriage into the main gate, and then changed the Xue family's small servant to lead the horse in front of the Yi Gate, until the second gate.

The boys retreated, and only two healthy women were left to look after the horses at the door.

Xue Baoqin walked out of the second gate and gave Xue Pan a salute first.

Xue Pan treats Baoqin better, but maybe it's because of his family, so he is not as enthusiastic as the beauties outside.

The carriage door was pushed open from the inside, and Baoqin was about to meet Baochai, but he didn't want to walk down in front of him.

Just as he was about to avoid it, he saw that the young man was wearing a purple and gold crown, a flying fish python suit, a jade belt around his waist, and a pair of King Wen's boots......

Although Baoqin is not an ordinary boudoir lady who does not go out of the door, she has traveled to and from the provinces of Daqian with her father Xue Li all the year round, and has secretly met countless people, but she has never seen such a handsome and heroic young man at present......

"Qin'er, what are you looking at?"

Baoqin looked at Jia Cong in a daze, and when Jia Cong was also looking at the perfect girl in front of him, who was known as the first perfect girl in the Red Mansion, there was a chuckle from behind him.

Baoqin's face turned red for a moment, and she wanted to avoid it again, but Baochai had already appeared, and it was not for her to go, nor if she didn't go, she could only ask in an inaudible voice: "Sister, why are you in a ......?"

didn't finish speaking, but he also said that Baochai's face was red.

If in the homes of those strict moral gentlemen, when a woman reaches the age of seven, even if she is a father and brother, she cannot sit at the same table, let alone share the same car?

Baochai has been deeply influenced by etiquette since childhood, and acts dignified and dignified, and only exceeds the rules in Jia Cong.

On weekdays, Ping'er, Qingwen and others don't say much, but at this moment, they were broken by their sister Baoqin, and their original pretty faces, which were as white as pear blossoms, were all blood-colored and couldn't get off the stage.

But Jia Cong next to him said lightly: "Sister Bao is my aunt's cousin, and before going south this time, my aunt told her to take care of me." Before, I ran thousands of miles and swept through the six provinces and thousands of households, but I also suffered some secret injuries. Sister Bao is kind and friendly, and she doesn't worry about me bumping in the car, so she takes care of me in the same car. Little girl, do you still have questions? ”

Baoqin regretted it before she spoke, she was ice and snow smart, just looking at the look of the two getting along, you could see that the two had a close relationship, but she shouldn't say it like this.

However, after listening to Jia Cong's nonsense, she secretly praised this person's change, but the last sentence annoyed her.

Girl?!

Seeing Baoqin's unhappy appearance with his eyes lowered and pursing his lips, Baochai, who was picked up by Jia Cong, who got off the car first, smiled: "Brother Cong, don't bully us Qin'er." ”

Xue Pan next to him didn't care about this, if it was a poor scholar in Baochai's picture or Jia Cong before he accepted the title, then he would pick up the door latch and smash people now.

But after the big scene of one hundred and eight famous prostitutes welcoming the sons of Qing ministers when they got off the boat the day before yesterday, Jia Cong has already become the spiritual leader and life mentor in Xue Pan's mind!

Jia Cong can be with his own sister, and Xue Pan can wake up with a smile in his dreams.

Full of hope that Jia Cong would look at his sister's face and introduce him to the two Oiran......

Just now, along the way, Jia Cong spoke to him politely, although he said three sentences before Jia Cong replied, but there were rumors in the outside world that the son of the Qing minister was like a hermit, and he didn't like red and mundane things, and he rarely participated in the poetry meeting.

Being able to reply to him a few words, and also say a few words to the point, Xue Pan is simply grateful and proud!

In addition, Jia Cong once saw the black spots in his life and saved him, if he could become a family, then Xue Pan thought that the unbearable past would be completely turned over.

What's not to like?

Xue Pan pulled Xue Zhen and introduced: "Brother Tad, this is the inheritor of the Rongguo Mansion of the Jia family in the capital, and he is now a second-class uncle. Or the commander of the Jinyi Guard, you didn't go to the dock on October 15 to see? Good guy, Jinling City 36 Qinhuai Painting Boat, 72 ......"

Xue Pan was out of tune, and his mind was full of the once-in-a-lifetime picture of Shangyuan Wharf welcoming the son of the Qing Dynasty at Shangyuan Wharf.

Of course, in his imagination, he usually replaces Jia Cong, and then the happiness bursts!

At this time, he couldn't help but talk about it, but Baochai didn't want to mention it, and interrupted: "Xue Zhen, Brother Cong came to visit the second uncle and second aunt. ”

The four major families of Jia, Shi, Wang, and Xue have been in the same spirit for a hundred years and have married each other.

Therefore, Jia Cong, as the inheritor of this generation of the Jia family, should come to visit the Xue family.

Tomorrow, he will also have a banquet in the old mansion for the elders of the twelve rooms of the Jia family and some elders of the Shi family, and the invitations have been sent out......

Jia Cong asked, "Is Uncle Xue Shi okay?" ”

Xue Zhen's appearance is not as outstanding as his sister, he can only be regarded as ordinary, but he seems to be loyal, hearing Jia Cong's words, he hurriedly bowed down and responded: "My father is sick in bed and has not woken up yet, thank you uncle." ”

Jia Cong nodded, hesitated, looked at Baochai and said, "I'm afraid it's inconvenient to visit, I didn't disturb the Xue family's uncle, why don't you Sister Bao and Brother Xue go to see your aunt?" ”

Baochai hesitated when he heard this, and said, "Let's go together?" I didn't see ...... through the door."

Jia Cong chuckled and said, "Okay, let's go and say goodbye to the elders together." ”

Baochai pursed her lips and smiled, while Baoqin quietly looked at the eye contact between the two, and the snow-white teeth gently bit the corner of her lip......

It's still a lie!

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Yangzhou West City, Yulang Street.

The Bai family's mansion, partial hall.

Bai Shijie looked at the people in the hall with a gloomy face, and his eyes flashed with anger.

One wrong step, one wrong step.

What he regrets most now is that in order to avoid suspicion, he did not decisively mobilize forces to snipe Jia Cong before he revealed his identity!

On October 15, after Jia Cong revealed his identity at Shangyuan Wharf outside Jinling City, if he wanted to kill him, even if he succeeded, the price he paid would not be something that any force could afford.

However, the most hateful thing is that the dead ghost Liu Zhao actually left him such a killing move.

Downstairs, Liu Jian, the last bit of blood of the Liu family, cried with a sad face, and sobbed there dejectedly.

This unpromising appearance can't arouse Bai Shijie's slightest fear, but if he can bring it, it will be like a stinky maggot, so that Bai Shijie can't hate to break his body into pieces.

Liu Zhao asked Liu Jian to speak, as long as the Liu family's bloodline is endless, no one will know the secret of Bai Shijie and him.

Bai Shijie hated it, this was threatening him!

What secrets can he and Liu Zhao have? It is nothing more than a partnership to smuggle smuggled salt.

The eight major salt merchants take official salt as the foundation of their lives, but the cost of official salt is too high.

Not to mention anything else, only the three floating fees of "Sending Off the Instrument", "Suo Gui Ceremony" and "Farewell Respect", the eight major salt merchants have to pay a huge expenditure of tens of millions of taels of silver a year.

This is not counting the name of "flat, up, go, in" four corners.

The clerks of the Yamen of the Salt Transportation Division had nineteen rooms, and a document requesting the issuance of salt had to be turned eleven times, passing through twelve places at the entrance of the Yamen.

Where is the way that is not to be made with silver?

If you only rely on official salt to eat, let alone accumulate tens of millions of family wealth, the eight major salt merchants are afraid that they will lose all their underwear!

Therefore, it can only be supplemented by private salt.

There is no need to pay taxes for private salt, there is no need to go through so many documents to worship so many yamen, and there is no need to worry about sales, it is really an endless gold mine.

There are countless smugglers of smuggled salt, and they are all enemies of each other.

Bai Shijie has vast magical powers, and he is a private person, and he has opened up the river yamen, the Jiangnan camp, and the government yamen in various places in the south of the Yangtze River, and smuggled together with them, sharing the gold mountains and silver seas.

Then cooperate with Liu Zhao to kill neighbors, ships, merchants, and smugglers to strengthen themselves.

In this way, Liu Zhao will inevitably have evidence of his smuggling of smuggled salt.

This is one of them, in addition to this, there is also a handwritten letter he wrote to Liu Zhao, asking him to exterminate other smugglers.

Over the years, the two of them have collaborated to kill and even destroy no less than 100 smugglers.

If Liu Zhao really stored all these evidence, then the Bai family would be in danger......

Bai Shijie hates!

He has never been a stingy person, as long as he is useful, whether it is a peddler or a pawn, he is willing to spend money.

Over the years, the silver given to Liu Zhao has been worth millions of dollars, and the two have worked together extremely happily.

Smuggling smuggled salt is the crime of stealing the family and exterminating the clan, and Bai Shijie never thought that Liu Zhao would even pit himself.

What's more, he always thought that Liu Zhao was a character and would not be so easy to finish.

Even if something happens one day, with Liu Zhao's more than ten years of operation in Jinling City, there will always be a chance of stalemate.

As long as he is given some time, Bai Shijie is confident that he will be willing to die with a secret!

But I didn't expect it......

Up to now, he doesn't know where Liu Zhao hid the secret in anyone's hands, and he doesn't even know if Liu Zhao is hiding it, and whether Jia Cong will find out......

This kind of feeling that the life and death of the family is in danger of being in the hands of others, which is really bad!

Taking a deep breath, Bai Shijie looked at Liu Jian and Liu Zhao's four orphans and said, "You can stay here with peace of mind, with my Bai family for a day, I will protect you well." It's not easy for you to come here, and you're scared on the road, so let's go down and wash and rest first. ”

After Liu Jian and the others retreated, Bai Shijie's straight waist suddenly bowed, and he seemed to be much older in an instant.

If the imperial court sent a minister, he would not have such pressure.

But that demonic boy......

Not to mention the ruthlessness, the courage is also extraordinary.

How could he not be worried?

However, Bai Shijie is very human in the end, so he only cheered up after being depressed for a while, walked to the study, and started to write.

There are some things that are not too late to make amends!

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