The tent man who followed behind looked at Li Meng's expression as usual, and couldn't help but admire in his heart, Li Erlang was really not an ordinary person, and this great wealth was actually treated so indifferently.

Li Meng stopped, and then continued to walk forward slowly, seemingly unaffected by the news. The salters behind him followed silently, after these salts had been trained and fought, they were good warriors, but they were not excellent bodyguards.

However, Li Meng is not worried about encountering any outstanding assassins, because in Jining City, the so-called matter of Lao Qingyan is tacitly known to everyone, and no one will say anything, because everyone has made a fortune by this, and no one wants to cut off their own financial routes.

The best place in Jining City is the canal wharf, not to mention the restaurants and shops on both sides of the river, the painting boat on the river is the most eye-catching scenery.

Although it is close to the end of the year, there is still a song and swallow dance by the river, a scene of wealth and prosperity, Li Meng and they are also attracted by this scene as they walk, the cold air is still the aroma of rare fat powder and fine wine, and the laughter and noise that come into the ears from time to time.

Li Meng smiled at the corner of his mouth, looking at the scene in the river, the **** bustard mother on the boat on the shore looked at Li Meng's style, and thought that whose wealthy businessmen were traveling, and they all attracted guests to their own homes, but they didn't expect that Li Meng just looked at the river with a smile, but there was no trace of the meaning of going down.

The bustard's mother felt quite bored, and wanted to make a mockery and ridicule, but when she saw the guards behind Li Meng, none of them dared to speak out.

People in the world say that Qinhuai is ten miles of wind and moon, but this Jining Caoyun Wharf is facing south, I am afraid that it is not less than three miles, Li Meng swayed so slowly and leisurely, it actually took almost half an hour to get out of this range, and then go south, it is the area where the cargo ship is moored overnight, and it seems very quiet at this time.

Walking here, there are no lights and people, it seems very quiet, the cold of the winter night is getting heavier and heavier, and the tent behind him is a little unbearable, and he is just about to persuade him, saying that the time is not too early to ask Lord Li to go back to rest.

Suddenly, there was a faint cry ahead......

You can also hear the singing and laughter of the painting boat on the river in the distance, intermittent and ethereal, but it sets off the silence of this place even more, this is the place where the goods are stored, only the wind lamp on the bow of the cargo ship flickers there, such a place, suddenly through a faint cry, is indeed a little weird.

The bookkeeper who followed Li Meng trembled, and almost turned his head and ran, but Li Meng was unmoved, but looked in that direction, and in the darkness, he could see nothing except the light on the bow of the boat.

The tent man said in a trembling voice:

"Your .....Excellency, I heard the woman's cry ominously by the water's edge, so why don't you go back to the inn as soon as possible?"

Li Meng was quiet there for a while, and said in a deep voice:

"It's like an old lady is crying, who is going to cry there at such a late hour?"

The tent clerk was about to persuade him to go back again, but he saw Li Meng waving his hand with great interest, and raised his voice to order:

"Let's go! Let's go over and see. ”

Li Meng from the modern People's Liberation Army has always been an atheist, and there are so many men with weapons around him, even if they are weird, they can deal with it, and the salt Ding who follows him are all young people, and they are naturally not afraid of how bold they are, so the tent has to keep up with a bitter face.

It is easy to find the source of this cry in the quiet night, and after walking a short distance, I saw a person lying on the bank of the river crying hoarsely, it should have been crying for a long time, listening to this voice should be an old lady, Li Meng instructed Yanding to light the lantern with a fire fold, and then walked over with a fire fold.

"Why is this aunt crying?"

Li Meng asked gently, the old woman obviously didn't expect someone behind her to ask, Li Meng's voice startled her, her voice stopped abruptly, her whole body trembled, and she slowly turned her head.

It didn't matter if he turned his head this time, Li Meng was frightened, and the lantern in his hand almost fell to the ground, but the light also shone on the other party's face.

It's not an old woman at all, it's clearly a man, but this is all wrinkled face, but you can't see any beard, if in modern times, many old people shave their beards cleanly and ordinarily, in this era, the old man's beard is trimmed and never shaved, after adapting to this era, at first glance, it is inevitable to feel weird, the robe on his body does not look like a civilian's clothes, this strange man has a sad look on his face, all tears, and is looking at Li Meng in surprise at this time.

Li Meng suddenly heard a shouting voice behind him, his salt Ding subordinates were arguing with others about something, but both sides lowered their voices, it must not be a big deal, looking at the somewhat strange face in front of him, Li Meng calmed down and said:

"This ...... That benevolent brother, why is it so sad? ”

Seeing Li Meng's gentle and polite questioning, the man's shocked face changed to despair and sorrow again, and he shook his hand weakly and said:

"Your own business, your own business."

Looking at the old face of the person in front of him, Li Meng inexplicably thought of his parents in modern times, and remembered that his father also shaved his beard clean, and felt a little emotional.

He stepped forward at the moment, helped the man kneeling on the ground up, and said with a smile:

"It's cold and windy, kneel on the ground, don't hurt your muscles and bones."

Li Meng's enthusiasm softened the old man's expression, but he just sighed and didn't say anything, and at this moment, the tent man behind him trotted over and said a few words in Li Meng's ear.

Things are really unimaginable, the kneeling old man turned out to be a eunuch, saying that he went out of the palace to buy green salt, and the chaos in Henan and Shaanxi was naturally unbearable, so he could only go south along the canal to see if there were goods in the hands of the big commercial banks, but they didn't know that Jining had this trend.

It was only when I stopped in Jining that I knew about it, and the old eunuch was pleasantly surprised, it took so much effort to come, who would have thought that the price of this green salt would be quickly speculated, and everyone would stay in their hands to appreciate the value, and they were unwilling to sell it, and he could buy it there.

I casually found an inn to live in, and went to the street to look for a seller during the day, but what I didn't expect was that the silver taels that were placed in the store and bought were stolen by thieves.

The old eunuch didn't even have a trip back to Beijing, he was really in a desperate situation, and the two little handymen who went out of Beijing together also took advantage of the chaos to slip away, and there was no money to pay for the food and shop money in the inn, and the inn was also to do business, and the shopkeeper was urging him every day. In addition to the waist card, the old eunuch was missing all the documents, and no one paid attention to him when he went to the government to ask for help, which really drove people into a desperate situation.